Article
Metamorphosis imposes variable constraints on genome expansion through effects on development
2021-05-06
Abstract excerpt
Genome size varies ~ 100,000-fold across eukaryotes and has long been hypothesized to be influenced by metamorphosis in animals. Transposable element accumulation has been identified as a major driver of increase, but the nature of constraints limiting the size of genomes has remained unclear, even as traits such as cell size and rate of development co-vary strongly with genome size. Salamanders, which possess div...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a804d7fd-343d-5157-b5c5-fd6d5fad3c07
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.05.05.442795