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Research ArticleEVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Unprecedented reorganization of holocentric chromosomes provides insights into the enigma of lepidopteran chromosome evolution
- View ORCID ProfileJason Hill1,2,*,
- Pasi Rastas3,
- Emily A. Hornett4,5,6,
- View ORCID ProfileRamprasad Neethiraj1,
- View ORCID ProfileNathan Clark7,
- Nathan Morehouse8,
- View ORCID ProfileMaria de la Paz Celorio-Mancera1,
- View ORCID ProfileJofre Carnicer Cols9,10,
- View ORCID ProfileHeinrich Dircksen11,
- View ORCID ProfileCamille Meslin7,12,
- View ORCID ProfileNaomi Keehnen1,
- View ORCID ProfilePeter Pruisscher1,
- View ORCID ProfileKristin Sikkink13,14,
- Maria Vives9,10,
- View ORCID ProfileHeiko Vogel15,
- Christer Wiklund1,
- View ORCID ProfileAlyssa Woronik1,16,
- View ORCID ProfileCarol L. Boggs17,
- Sören Nylin1 and
- View ORCID ProfileChristopher W. Wheat1,*
- 1Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- 3Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
- 4Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- 5Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
- 6Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
- 7Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
- 8Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
- 9Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
- 10CREAF, Global Ecology Unit, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
- 11Functional Morphology, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 12INRA, Department of Sensory Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, Route de Saint-Cyr, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France.
- 13Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA.
- 14Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA.
- 15Department of Entomology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
- 16Center for Developmental Genetics, Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA.
- 17Department of Biological Sciences University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: jason.hill{at}imbim.uu.se (J.H.); chris.wheat{at}zoologi.su.se (C.W.W.)
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Science Advances 12 Jun 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 6, eaau3648
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau3648
Vol. 5, no. 6, eaau3648
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau3648
Jason Hill
1Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
2Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Pasi Rastas
3Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Emily A. Hornett
4Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
5Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
6Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Ramprasad Neethiraj
1Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nathan Clark
7Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Nathan Morehouse
8Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
Maria de la Paz Celorio-Mancera
1Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jofre Carnicer Cols
9Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
10CREAF, Global Ecology Unit, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
Heinrich Dircksen
11Functional Morphology, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Camille Meslin
7Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
12INRA, Department of Sensory Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, Route de Saint-Cyr, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France.
Naomi Keehnen
1Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Peter Pruisscher
1Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kristin Sikkink
13Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA.
14Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA.
Maria Vives
9Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
10CREAF, Global Ecology Unit, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
Heiko Vogel
15Department of Entomology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
Christer Wiklund
1Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Alyssa Woronik
1Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
16Center for Developmental Genetics, Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Carol L. Boggs
17Department of Biological Sciences University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Sören Nylin
1Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Christopher W. Wheat
1Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
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