Telomerase RNA gene duplications drive telomeric repeatdiversity and evolution in Andrena bees
Christopher Klapproth, Elisa Israel, Abdullah Ahmed, Andreas Remmel, Karl K. Käther, Franziska Reinhardt, Julian J.‐L. Chen, Sonja J. Prohaska, Johannes L. M. Steidle, Steffen Lemke, Peter Florian Stadler, Sven Findeiß
The paper identifies multiple TR gene copies in Andrena bees that generate diverse telomeric repeats, showing TR gene duplication drives telomere sequence diversity in insects.
bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2025 · PreprintBioinformatics