Retrotransposon proliferation coincident with the evolution of dioecy in Asparagus
Alex Harkess, Francesco Mercati, Loredana Abbate, Michael McKain, J. Chris Pires, Tea Sala, Francesco Sunseri, Agostino Falavigna, Jim Leebens-Mack
The paper investigates genome size expansion in dioecious Asparagus species and finds retrotransposon proliferation, not polyploidization, is the main driver.
bioRxiv · Apr 13, 2016Evolutionary Biology