Analysis of 19 Heliconiine Butterflies Shows Rapid TE-based Diversification and Multiple SINE Births and Deaths
D. A. Ray, J. R. Grimshaw, M. K. Halsey, J. M. Korstian, A. B. Osmanski, K. A. Sullivan, K. A. Wolf, H. Reddy, N. Foley, R. D. Stevens, B. Knisbacher, O. Levy, B. Counterman, N. B. Edelman, J. Mallet
The paper analyzes TE content in 19 Heliconiine butterfly species, finding rapid diversification, unique SINE lineages, and a correlation between TE bursts and speciation.
bioRxiv · Apr 4, 2019Evolutionary Biology