World's largest animal genome belongs to locust: New insight explains swarming, long-distance migratory behaviors
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 12:50
in Biology & Nature
The world's largest animal genome belongs to the locust. The yielded genome is remarkably big- at 6.5 gigabytes, which is the largest animal genome sequenced so far, and includes information that helps to explain swarming and long-distance migratory behaviors.