The #largest #genome of any insect, seven times the size of the #HumanGenome, was recently #discovered in a grasshopper. In a #study published in #PLOSONE, researchers from the #GermanLeibnizInstitute for the #Analysis of #Biodiversity Change & #CzechAcademyOfSciences #prove wrong the idea of #insect genomes being comparatively small/less complex.
Speckled buzzing #grasshopper (#BryodemellaTuberculata ).
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-giant-insect-genome.amp
#Entomology #NewDiscovery #science #biological #nature #Europe