A field guide to eukaryotic transposable elements

JN Wells, C Feschotte - Annual review of genetics, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA sequences that propagate within genomes.
Through diverse invasion strategies, TEs have come to occupy a substantial fraction of …

Repetitive DNA sequence detection and its role in the human genome

X Liao, W Zhu, J Zhou, H Li, X Xu, B Zhang… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Repetitive DNA sequences playing critical roles in driving evolution, inducing variation, and
regulating gene expression. In this review, we summarized the definition, arrangement, and …

A beginner's guide to manual curation of transposable elements

C Goubert, RJ Craig, AF Bilat, V Peona, AA Vogan… - Mobile DNA, 2022 - Springer
Background In the study of transposable elements (TEs), the generation of a high
confidence set of consensus sequences that represent the diversity of TEs found in a given …

HiTE: a fast and accurate dynamic boundary adjustment approach for full-length transposable element detection and annotation

K Hu, P Ni, M Xu, Y Zou, J Chang, X Gao, Y Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent advancements in genome assembly have greatly improved the prospects for
comprehensive annotation of Transposable Elements (TEs). However, existing methods for …

Evolution of pogo, a separate superfamily of IS630-Tc1-mariner transposons, revealing recurrent domestication events in vertebrates

B Gao, Y Wang, M Diaby, W Zong, D Shen, S Wang… - Mobile DNA, 2020 - Springer
Abstracts Background Tc1/mariner and Zator, as two superfamilies of IS630-Tc1-mariner
(ITm) group, have been well-defined. However, the molecular evolution and domestication …

Third-generation sequencing reveals the adaptive role of the epigenome in three deep-sea polychaetes

M Perez, O Aroh, Y Sun, Y Lan… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The roles of DNA methylation in invertebrates are poorly characterized, and critical data are
missing for the phylum Annelida. We fill this knowledge gap by conducting the first genome …

Mosquito genomes are frequently invaded by transposable elements through horizontal transfer

ES Melo, GL Wallau - PLoS genetics, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile genetic elements that parasitize basically all
eukaryotic species genomes. Due to their complexity, an in-depth TE characterization is only …

Fourth report on chicken genes and chromosomes 2022

J Smith, JM Alfieri, N Anthony, P Arensburger… - … and genome research, 2023 - karger.com
The chicken continues to hold its position as a leading model organism within many areas of
research, as well as being a major source of protein for human consumption. The First …

Recent expansion of metabolic versatility in Diplonema papillatum, the model species of a highly speciose group of marine eukaryotes

M Valach, S Moreira, C Petitjean, C Benz, A Butenko… - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Diplonemid flagellates are among the most abundant and species-rich of
known marine microeukaryotes, colonizing all habitats, depths, and geographic regions of …

The price of human evolution: Cancer-testis antigens, the decline in male fertility and the increase in cancer

J Erenpreisa, NM Vainshelbaum, M Lazovska… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing frequency of general and particularly male cancer coupled with the reduction
in male fertility seen worldwide motivated us to seek a potential evolutionary link between …