Dramatically dynamic genomic evolution of a mighty mite

Sequencing and comparative analysis of the genome of the Western Orchard predatory mite has revealed intriguingly-extreme genomic evolutionary dynamics through an international research effort co-led by scientists from the University of Geneva and the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. In a study published in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution, the researchers detail the initial insights into several remarkable features of the genome of this agriculturally important mite that is widely