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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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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