Insects are major contributors to our understanding of the interaction between transposable
elements (TEs) and their hosts, owing to seminal discoveries, as well as to the growing …

We used 20 de novo genome assemblies to probe the speciation history and architecture of
gene flow in rapidly radiating Heliconius butterflies. Our tests to distinguish incomplete …

Transposable elements (TEs) are nearly ubiquitous in eukaryotes. The increase in genomic
data, as well as progress in genome annotation and molecular biology techniques, have …

Major changes in chromosome number and structure are linked to a series of evolutionary
phenomena, including intrinsic barriers to gene flow or suppression of recombination due to …

Abstract Characterization of gene family expansions and crossing over is crucial for
understanding how organisms adapt to the environment. Here, we develop a high-density …

Background Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) are an important model system in ecology
and evolution. A high-quality chromosomal genome assembly is available for the monarch …

Despite insertions and deletions being the most common structural variants (SVs) found
across genomes, not much is known about how much these SVs vary within populations and …

In butterflies and moths, which exhibit highly variable sex determination mechanisms, the
homogametic Z chromosome is deeply conserved and is featured in many genome …

Transposable elements (TE) are an important source of genetic variation with a dynamic and
content that greatly differ in a wide range of species. The origin of the intraspecific content …

Background Short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) are non-autonomous non-LTR
retrotransposons widespread across eukaryotes. They exist both as lineage-specific, fast …