Massive proliferation of retrotransposons contributes to genome size expansion in species of the Pseudocercospora genus
Sandra-Milena González Sáyer, Ibonne Aidee García, Cristian A Traslaviña, Alex Z. Zaccaron, Ioannis Stergiopoulos, Fabio ARISTIZABAL, Ursula Oggenfuss, Daniel Croll
This study identifies retrotransposon proliferation as a driver of genome size expansion in Pseudocercospora species, with species-specific TE families and ongoing activity in some strains.
Mobile DNA · Feb 26, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics