Satellitome comparison of two oedipodine grasshoppers highlights the contingent nature of satellite DNA evolution
Juan Pedro M. Camacho, J. Cabrero, María Dolores López-León, María Martín-Peciña, Francisco Perfectti, Manuel A. Garrido-Ramos, Francisco J. Ruíz-Ruano
The paper compares the satellitomes of two grasshopper species to show that satellite DNA evolves through cycles of amplification and degeneration, leading to contingent evolutionary pathways.
BMC Biology · Feb 7, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics