Ferns finally get a genome, revealing a history of DNA hoarding and kleptomania

🧬 A penchant of ferns for hoarding DNA has stumped scientists, and the intractable size of their genomes has made it difficult to sequence, assemble and interpret them. 📸 Photo courtesy of David Randall of Western Sydney University #FloridaMuseumOfNaturalHistory #FloridaMuseumResearch