Study on the evolution of chitinase genes in placental mammals published in Science Advances
Updated: Jul 28, 2022
Our study on the evolution of chitinase genes and pseudogenes in placental mammal genomes is published in Science Advances (doi:10.1126/sciadv.aar6478). The stunning picture of a spectral tarsier kindly provided by Quentin Martinez (http://www.quentinmartinez.com/) to illustrate our study was featured on the journal website and has been also used in numerous press outlets highlighting our results.
Citation:
Emerling C.A., Delsuc F. & Nachman M.W. (2018). Chitinase genes (CHIAs) provide genomic footprints of a post-Cretaceous dietary radiation in placental mammals. Science Advances 4:eaar6478. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aar6478
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