The first complete assembly for a lungless urodelan with a" miniaturized" genome, the Northern Dusky Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus fuscus)

EA Myers, RA Pyron - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Salamanders have some of the largest genomes among animals. However, there is a great
disparity in total size, ranging from~ 8-120GB depending on the lineage. Species in the …