Effective population size does not explain long-term variation in genome size and transposable element content in animals
Alba Marino, Gautier Debaecker, Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier, Annabelle Haudry, Benoît Nabholz
The paper examines the relationship between effective population size and genome size variation in animals, finding no evidence that genetic drift drives TE accumulation across species.
bioRxiv · Feb 26, 2024Evolutionary Biology