ArticleBMC biology2020
Multi-faceted analysis provides little evidence for recurrent whole-genome duplications during hexapod evolution.
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Abstract
backgroundGene duplication events play an important role in the evolution and adaptation of organisms. Duplicated genes can arise through different mechanisms, including whole-genome duplications (WGDs). Recently, WGD was suggested to be an important driver of evolution, also in hexapod animals.
resultsHere, we analyzed 20 high-quality hexapod genomes using whole-paranome distributions of estimated synonymous distances (K
conclusionsOur analyses therefore provide very limited evidence for WGD having played a significant role in the evolution of hexapods and suggest that alternative mechanisms drive gene duplication events in this group of animals. For instance, we propose that, along with small-scale gene duplication events, episodes of increased transposable element activity could have been an important source for gene duplicates in hexapods.
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