Live-bearing cockroach genome reveals convergent evolutionary mechanisms linked to viviparity in insects and beyond

Summary: Live birth (viviparity) has arisen repeatedly and independently among animals. We sequenced the genome and transcriptome of the viviparous Pacific beetle-mimic cockroach and performed comparative analyses with two other viviparous insect lineages, tsetse flies and aphids, to unravel the bas...

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Main Authors: Bertrand Fouks, Mark C. Harrison, Alina A. Mikhailova, Elisabeth Marchal, Sinead English, Madeleine Carruthers, Emily C. Jennings, Ezemuoka L. Chiamaka, Ronja A. Frigard, Martin Pippel, Geoffrey M. Attardo, Joshua B. Benoit, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Stephen S. Tobe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223019090