To gain a deeper understanding of octopuses biology and evolutionary history, validated data on the composition of their genome is needed, which has been lacking until now. Scientists from the University of Vienna together with an international research team have now been able to close this gap and, in a study, determined impressive figures: 2.8 billion base pairs organized in 30 chromosomes.
Decoding Chromosome-Level Genome Reveals Octopus Genetics
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New insights into genetics of common octopus
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New insights into the genetics of the common octopus: Genome at the chromosome level decoded
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