ReviewChromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology2018
Transposable elements: genome innovation, chromosome diversity, and centromere conflict.
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- Disrupting Mechanisms that Regulate Genomic Repeat Elements to Combat Cancer and Drug Resistance.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Pooled it
- Chromosome-scale assembly of yeast genomes using enzyme-free, dense optical genome mapping.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Transposable elements as evolutionary catalysts of ant macrodiversity.Science advances · 2026Article
- Structural genome variation drives adaptation of the xylose-fermenting yeast Scheffersomyces stipitis to lignocellulosic hydrolysates.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2026Article
- Neocentromeres fail to maintain DNA methylation boundaries, driving CENP-A drift, instability, and chromosome missegregation.Cell reports · 2026Article
- Unconventional centromere architectures in Tapirus indicus reveal hotspots for satellite-free centromere formation in Perissodactyla.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Tissue-specific DNA repair strategies underlie apparent high transposon activity in the Caenorhabditis elegans soma.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Article
- Comparative Genomics Provide Insights Into Karyotype Evolution in Vespertilionid Bats (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera).Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
- Beyond inversions and deletions: the evolutionary and functional insights from translocations, fissions, and fusions in animal genomes.Heredity · 2026Review
- Rapid genome modifications including chromosomal fusions and large-scale inversions are key features in Arctic codfish species.Genome biology · 2026Article
- Transposable elements as drivers of genome evolution in Drosophila virilis.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- New insights into the molecular basis of gametogenesis in the hybridogenetic water frog Pelophylax esculentus.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Heterochromatin boundaries maintain centromere position, size and number.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026Article
- Sex-biased Expression of Genes and Transposable Elements in Hybrids from Drosophila mojavensis and Drosophila arizonae.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
- The repetitive genome of the Ixodes ricinus tick reveals transposable elements have driven genome evolution in ticks.Genome biology · 2026Article
- Giant genome of the vampire squid reveals the derived state of modern octopod karyotypes.iScience · 2025Article
- Investigating the evolution of large meiotic rings of multiple X and Y sex chromosomes in two Leptodactylus frog species (Anura, Leptodactylidae).Communications biology · 2025Article
- Long-read sequencing reveals genomic and epigenomic variation in the dark genome of human Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Transposon Regulation in thebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Chromosome architecture affects virulence and competitiveness inScience advances · 2025Article
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Abstract
Although it was nearly 70 years ago when transposable elements (TEs) were first discovered "jumping" from one genomic location to another, TEs are now recognized as contributors to genomic innovations as well as genome instability across a wide variety of species. In this review, we illustrate the ways in which active TEs, specifically retroelements, can create novel chromosome rearrangements and impact gene expression, leading to disease in some cases and species-specific diversity in others. We explore the ways in which eukaryotic genomes have evolved defense mechanisms to temper TE activity and the ways in which TEs continue to influence genome structure despite being rendered transpositionally inactive. Finally, we focus on the role of TEs in the establishment, maintenance, and stabilization of critical, yet rapidly evolving, chromosome features: eukaryotic centromeres. Across centromeres, specific types of TEs participate in genomic conflict, a balancing act wherein they are actively inserting into centromeric domains yet are harnessed for the recruitment of centromeric histones and potentially new centromere formation.
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