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Historical adaptation to transposable element invasions in Drosophila is primarily due to insertions in existing piRNA clusters
Adriana Ludwig, Joanne S. Griffin, Andrea Betancourt
The paper examines how Drosophila simulans adapts to three new transposable element invasions through piRNA cluster insertions and finds that resistance evolves independently in different strains.
DOI 10.64898/2026.11.09.764865