New Gigantism Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at National Polytechnic Institute (Genomic Gigantism Is Not Associated With Reduced Selection Efficiency In Neotropical Salamanders).

Researchers at the National Polytechnic Institute in Guanajuato, Mexico have conducted a study on the relationship between genome size and selection efficiency in Neotropical salamanders. The researchers hypothesized that larger genome sizes would result in lower selection efficiency due to increased genetic drift. However, their findings did not support this hypothesis, as they did not find a significant relationship between genome size and selection efficiency. The study highlights the complex interactions that shape genomic variation in organisms with genomic gigantism. [Extracted from the article]