Genomic stability in the Galapagos Scalesia adaptive radiation: Consistent transposable element accumulation despite hybridization and ecological niche shifts
José Cerca, Patricia Jaramillo, Clément Goubert, Heidi Yang, Vanessa C. Bieker, Mario Fernández‐Mazuecos, Pablo Vargas, Rowan Schley, Siyu Li, Juan Ernesto Guevara, Bent Petersen, Gitte Petersen, Neelima Roy Sinha, Lene Rostgaard Nielsen, James H. Leebens-Mack, , Michael D. Martin
The paper examines TE accumulation in Scalesia species and finds no significant variation despite hybridization and niche shifts, challenging the role of TEs in diversification.
Mobile DNA · May 31, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology