Article
Squamate reptiles challenge paradigms of genomic repeat element evolution set by birds and mammals.
Nature communications - 17 Jul 2018
Pasquesi Giulia I M, Adams Richard H, Card Daren C, Schield Drew R, Corbin Andrew B, Perry Blair W, Reyes-Velasco Jacobo, Ruggiero Robert P, Vandewege Michael W, Shortt Jonathan A, Castoe Todd A
Abstract excerpt
Broad paradigms of vertebrate genomic repeat element evolution have been largely shaped by analyses of mammalian and avian genomes. Here, based on analyses of genomes sequenced from over 60 squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes), we show that patterns of genomic repeat landscape evolution in squamates challenge such paradigms. Despite low variance in genome size, squamate genomes exhibit surprisingly high...
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