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University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaORCID 0009-0007-6213-7853Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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Riccardo Pianezza, Sarah Saadain, Matthew Beaumont…·Robert Kofler
The paper identifies and traces the spread of the endogenous retrovirus Kuruka in Drosophila melanogaster populations, showing its recent horizontal transfer from an Afrotropical species.
Riccardo Pianezza, Robert Kofler
The paper investigates how biogeography influences transposable element (TE) composition in Drosophila melanogaster by analyzing HTT events across 285 drosophilid genomes.
Matthew Beaumont, Divya Selvaraju, Riccardo Pianezza, Robert Kofler
The paper shows that non-autonomous P-element insertions can stabilize TE copy numbers without piRNA defence, revealing a novel mechanism for TE population dynamics.
Riccardo Pianezza, Anna Haider, Robert Kofler
GenomeDelta identifies recent transposable element invasions and other novel sequences without a repeat library, validated with simulated and real data.
Riccardo Pianezza, Almorò Scarpa, Anna Haider…·Robert Kofler
The paper identifies three recent horizontal transposon element transfers in D. melanogaster and links them to human activities.
Riccardo Pianezza, Almorò Scarpa, Prakash Narayanan…·Robert Kofler
The paper identifies Spoink, a LTR retrotransposon that invaded D. melanogaster populations between 1983 and 1993, likely via horizontal transfer from D. willistoni, and shows it is often silenced by the piRNA pathway.