Open AccessDo M icrognathozoa have micro‐genomes?
Author(s) -
Gorelick Root
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
biological journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.906
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1095-8312
pISSN - 0024-4066
DOI - 10.1111/bij.12284
Subject(s) - biology , genome , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene
Based on the extremely small sizes of their jaw components, I predict that members of the M icrognathozoa will have some of the smallest nuclear genomes of any metazoans or, possibly, even of any free‐living (non‐parasitic) eukaryotes. Micrognathozoan jaws may also be enervated by anucleate neurons. Consistent with the prediction of small genomes, micrognathozoan jaw parts have remarkably small cell nuclei. Identical arguments may apply to other members of the G nathifera, namely R otifera and G nathostomulida. © 2014 T he L innean S ociety of L ondon, B iological J ournal of the L innean S ociety , 2014, 112 , 640–644.