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The Largest Known Animal Genome Decoded
The genome of the South American lungfish, which is 30 times larger than the human genome, contains over 90% autonomous transposons that replicate rapidly. Comparison with the Australian lungfish shows that its limb-like fins have regressed into threadlike fins in the present-day representatives in South America and Africa. Furthermore, the analyses show that the development of the lung and the formation of fingers, ulna and radius in lungfish and humans are based on the same genes. The South..
