Genome evolution: groping in the soil interstices.
Centipedes are a very old lineage of terrestrial animals. The first completely sequenced myriapod genome reveals that the blind centipede Strigamia maritima has no gene for light-sensory proteins, lacks the canonical circadian clock and possesses unusual features related to chemosensory perception.
Department of Biology, University of Padova, I 35131 Padova, Italy. Electronic address: alessandro.minelli@unipd.it.
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