Next on the list were the African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) and (L. paradoxa), whose genome is twice the size of its ...

As shown in Table 1 (adapted from Van Straalen & Roelofs, 2006), there is no clear correspondence between genome size and number of protein-coding genes—another indication that the number of ...

Aestivation is common in invertebrates such as worms and snails as well as other animals like lungfish and crocodiles. The lungfish can survive without water because it can breathe air and can ...