Differential retention of transposable element-derived sequences in outcrossing Arabidopsis genomes
S. Legrand, T. Caron, F. Maumus, S. Schvartzman, L. Quadrana, E. Durand, S. Gallina, M. Pauwels, C. Mazoyer, L. Huyghe, V. Colot, M. Hanikenne, V. Castric
The paper compares TE dynamics in two Arabidopsis species, finding that orthologous TE insertions are closer to genes, less methylated, and less expressed than non-orthologous ones.
bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2018Evolutionary Biology