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Prairie vole genomes assembled as high-quality chromosome-scale diploid sequences (2.3 Gbp) reveal a near-complete Y divergence and a prairie-vole-specific Avpr1a duplication.
- Why it matters: Behavioral divergence between monogamous prairie voles and non-monogamous meadow voles may have a genomic basis, but short-timescale evolutionary changes are hard to resolve.
- What they did: The authors built a simplified single-library workflow combining PacBio HiFi and CiFi sequencing to generate diploid assemblies, then compared prairie versus meadow vole genomes.
- The result: Comparative genomics shows extensive chromosome evolution, including the Avpr1a duplication implicated in social bonding, enabling more affordable near-complete genome assembly across diverse species.
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