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High-quality reference genome of the African hermit spider, Nephilingis cruentata, and sex chromosome evolution in spiders

Aug 2026 · bioRxiv · 1 citation
Biology

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It is suggested that spider sex chromosomes are conserved in homologous identity but more labile in structure, providing a comparative framework for studying sex chromosome conservation and divergence across Araneae.

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