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Understanding Mobile DNA Elements in Plant-Parasitic Worms
Jenn Hoskins
24th May, 2024
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Key Findings
- The study focused on 26 plant-parasitic nematodes from 9 different genera within Clade IV to understand genome size variation and evolution
- Researchers found that nematode genome sizes varied significantly, from 41.5 to 235 million base pairs, due to different amounts and types of transposable elements (TEs)
- Long-terminal-repeat (LTR) retrotransposons were particularly abundant in larger genomes, suggesting they play a significant role in genome expansion
GeneticsPlant ScienceEvolution
References
Main Study
1) Diversity and evolution of transposable elements in the plant-parasitic nematodes
Published 23rd May, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10435-7
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