A population-level invasion by transposable elements triggers genome expansion in a fungal pathogen
Ursula Oggenfuss, Thomas Badet, Thomas Wicker, Fanny E. Hartmann, Nikhil Kumar Singh, Leen Abraham, Petteri Karisto, Tiziana Vonlanthen, Christopher C. Mundt, Bruce Alan McDonald, Daniel Croll
The paper tracks transposable element (TE) expansion in Zymoseptoria tritici populations, showing that demographic factors and relaxed selection drive genome size increases.
eLife · Sep 15, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics