The Ecology of Palm Genomes: Repeat-associated genome size expansion is constrained by aridity
R. J. Schley, J. Pellicer, X.-J. Ge, C. F. Barrett, S. Bellot, M. Guignard, P. Novak, J. Suda, D. Fraser, W. J. Baker, S. Dodsworth, J. J. Macas, A. Leitch, I. J. Leitch
This study shows that aridity influences repeat community composition in palm genomes, with wetter environments associated with larger genomes and specific repeat expansions.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2021Evolutionary Biology