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Animal cell type diversity

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Analysis of single-cell gene expression data and genome assemblies of five diverse metazoan species shows a tight link between conserved gene order and its relationship with cell type-specific gene expression.

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Fig. 1: Relationship between gene order (microsynteny) and cell type-specific expression in representatives of five animal lineages.

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Adamska, M. Animal cell type diversity. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 1277–1278 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0964-5

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