PhyloCNN: Improving Tree Representation and Neural Network Architecture for Deep Learning from Trees in Phylodynamics and Diversification Studies
https://t.co/vHIiXVeoq3
🧬Possibly one of the most important genetics preprints of 2026 has just been published: the flagship paper of the Vertebrate Genomes Project.
An ambitious effort to generate near-complete and near-error-free reference genomes for all living vertebrate species.
The authors present 816 high-quality reference genomes covering around 95% of major vertebrate evolutionary lineages. Most assemblies are at chromosome-level quality and some are fully diploid telomere-to-telomere genomes.
Using this resource the authors reconstructed the genome of the last common ancestor of vertebrates, studied the evolution of sex chromosomes, explored 3D genome organization and compared epigenetic landscapes across hundreds of species.
This dataset will likely become a foundational platform for evolutionary biology and comparative genomics.
https://t.co/MuwxZD5bZd
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