… in their genome sizes can be largely explained by the proportion of transposable elements
(TEs) within … Genome expansion is therefore dependent to a large extent on the action of DNA …

… I contend that it is precisely the elaboration of epigenetic mechanisms from their prokaryotic
origins as suppressors of genetic exchanges that underlies both the genome expansion and …

… families and genomic expansion in gymnosperms. … on plant genome size variations with
transposable elements in her … that transposable elements accumulate in eukaryotic genomes …

… It is expected that relatively fast genome expansion will be modulated by the action of
global forces. Both global and local forces would be expected to contribute to more gradual …

… undergone a substantial genome-wide expansion from the … both genome-wide counts of
TE insertions and genome size … a major role in shaping genome evolution within the species. …

… genome size was quantified in 65 species and mapped onto a novel fossil-calibrated phylogeny.
Two evolutionary shifts in genome … WGD events and quantify transposable element (TE) …

… in driving genome expansion and contraction. Shifts in genome size and transposon …
understanding of the importance of changes in TE activity in driving genome size evolution. …

… Genome evolution in P. teres is characterized by genome fissuring through the insertion and
expansion of transposable elements (TEs), a process that isolates blocks of genic sequence…

… genome expansion, LTR retrotransposon copy number increases, and LTR retrotransposon
transcriptional activity. We demonstrate that genome expansion … place in the genomes of the …

… To test the contribution of TEs to the Hydra genome expansion, we used DNAPipeTE (15)
to identify and assemble highly abundant DNA reads from a random sample of 1 million reads …