Transposable Element Evolution in the Allotetraploid Capsella bursa-pastoris
J Arvid Agren, Hui-Run Huang, Stephen I Wright
This study examines TE abundance in the allotetraploid Capsella bursa-pastoris and finds no genome-wide TE proliferation but increased retrotransposon abundance in gene-rich regions, suggesting relaxed selection over silencing breakdown.
bioRxiv · Jun 20, 2016Evolutionary Biology