Aquatic Insects Are Dramatically Underrepresented in Genomic Research

Aquatic insects comprise 10% of all insect diversity, can be found on every continent except Antarctica, and are key components of freshwater ecosystems. However, aquatic insect genome biology lags dramatically behind that of terrestrial insects. If genomic effort was spread evenly, one aquatic inse...

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Main Authors: Scott Hotaling, Joanna L. Kelley, Paul B. Frandsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/9/601