Size evolution of gigantic genomes suggests stochastic outcomes of transposable element/host silencing interactions
Jie Wang, Guangpu Zhang, Cheng Sun, Liming Chang, Ying-Yong Wang, Xin Yang, Guiying Chen, Michael W. Itgen, Ava Haley, Jiaxing Tang, Rachel Lockridge Mueller
The paper examines TE/host interactions in salamander genomes and finds no correlation between genome size and TE deletion rates or suppression, suggesting stochastic TE accumulation in gigantic genomes.
Communications Biology · May 6, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology