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Open AccessTeaching transposon classification as a means to crowd source the curation of repeat annotation – a tardigrade perspective
The advancement of sequencing technologies results in the rapid release of hundreds of new genome assemblies a year providing unprecedented resources for the study of genome evolution. Within this context, the...
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Open AccessRapid gene content turnover on the germline-restricted chromosome in songbirds
The germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) of songbirds represents a taxonomically widespread example of programmed DNA elimination. Despite its apparent indispensability, we still know very little about the GRC...
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Open AccessGenomic architecture of migration timing in a long-distance migratory songbird
The impact of climate change on spring phenology poses risks to migratory birds, as migration timing is controlled predominantly by endogenous mechanisms. Despite recent advances in our understanding of the un...
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Open AccessThe swan genome and transcriptome, it is not all black and white
The Australian black swan (Cygnus atratus) is an iconic species with contrasting plumage to that of the closely related northern hemisphere white swans. The relative geographic isolation of the black swan may hav...
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Open AccessMendelian nightmares: the germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds
Germline-restricted chromosomes (GRCs) are accessory chromosomes that occur only in germ cells. They are eliminated from somatic cells through programmed DNA elimination during embryo development. GRCs have be...
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Open AccessThe genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin’s giant daisies
The repeated, rapid and often pronounced patterns of evolutionary divergence observed in insular plants, or the ‘plant island syndrome’, include changes in leaf phenotypes, growth, as well as the acquisition o...
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Open AccessRecurrent chromosome reshuffling and the evolution of neo-sex chromosomes in parrots
The karyotype of most birds has remained considerably stable during more than 100 million years’ evolution, except for some groups, such as parrots. The evolutionary processes and underlying genetic mechanism ...
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Open AccessTE Hub: A community-oriented space for sharing and connecting tools, data, resources, and methods for transposable element annotation
Transposable elements (TEs) play powerful and varied evolutionary and functional roles, and are widespread in most eukaryotic genomes. Research into their unique biology has driven the creation of a large coll...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Discovery and population genomics of structural variation in a songbird genus
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03473-8.
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Open AccessLong-term persistence of supernumerary B chromosomes in multiple species of Astyanax fish
Eukaryote genomes frequently harbor supernumerary B chromosomes in addition to the “standard” A chromosome set. B chromosomes are thought to arise as byproducts of genome rearrangements and have mostly been co...
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Horizontal Transfer of Transposons as Genomic Fossils of Host-Parasite Interactions
Many parasites and various other pathogens leave no physical fossil record. Nevertheless, they might leave “genomic fossils” in their host organisms through horizontal transfer of genetic material, especially ...
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Open AccessComparative analysis of morabine grasshopper genomes reveals highly abundant transposable elements and rapidly proliferating satellite DNA repeats
Repetitive DNA sequences, including transposable elements (TEs) and tandemly repeated satellite DNA (satDNAs), collectively called the “repeatome”, are found in high proportion in organisms across the Tree of ...
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Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics
Whole-genome sequencing projects are increasingly populating the tree of life and characterizing biodiversity1–4. Sparse taxon sampling has previously been proposed to confound phylogenetic inference5, and captur...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Open AccessThe tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution
The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)—the only living member of the reptilian order Rhynchocephalia (Sphenodontia), once widespread across Gondwana1,2—is an iconic species that is endemic to New Zealand2,3. A key lin...
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Open AccessDiscovery and population genomics of structural variation in a songbird genus
Structural variation (SV) constitutes an important type of genetic mutations providing the raw material for evolution. Here, we uncover the genome-wide spectrum of intra- and interspecific SV segregating in na...
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Open AccessNucleotide composition of transposable elements likely contributes to AT/GC compositional homogeneity of teleost fish genomes
Teleost fish genome size has been repeatedly demonstrated to positively correlate with the proportion of transposable elements (TEs). This finding might have far-reaching implications for our understanding of ...
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Open AccessProgrammed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds
In some eukaryotes, germline and somatic genomes differ dramatically in their composition. Here we characterise a major germline–soma dissimilarity caused by a germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) in songbirds...
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Dynamic evolutionary history and gene content of sex chromosomes across diverse songbirds
Songbirds have a species number close to that of mammals and are classic models for studying speciation and sexual selection. Sex chromosomes are hotspots of both processes, yet their evolutionary history in s...
