Consistent accumulation of transposable elements in species of the Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiny-leg adaptive radiation across the archipelago chronosequence
H. Yang, C. Goubert, D. Cotoras, N. Graham, J. Cerca, R. G. Gillespie
This study examines TE accumulation in Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders across islands, finding no increase in TE abundance despite founder effects and population changes.
bioRxiv · Jan 3, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology