{
  "id": 8401711,
  "title": "Divergent mega-NUMT mimicking entirely functional complete mitochondrial genome",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/divergent-mega-numt-mimicking-entirely-functional-complete",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.18.752603v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Using long read sequencing, we report here a NUMT (nuclear fragment of mitochondrial origin) in a sawfly species Euura vittata that contains the entire coding region with all the genes in the same order as in the mitochondrion. The NUMT is 3.2% different from the mitochondrial sequence (4.1% divergence for COI barcode region), yet appears entirely functional when assuming mitochondrial genetic…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}