ReviewCurrent genetics2021
The challenges of predicting transposable element activity in hybrids.
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- Male sterility in Drosophila hybrids revealed by a multi-generational transcriptomic analysis of genes and transposable elements in testes.BMC biology · 2026Article
- Hybridization and gene expression: Beyond differentially expressed genes.Molecular ecology · 2025Review
- Causes and Consequences of Varying Transposable Element Activity: An Evolutionary Perspective.Annual review of genomics and human genetics · 2024Review
- Expression pattern of resynthesized allotetraploid Capsella is determined by hybridization, not whole-genome duplication.The New phytologist · 2023Article
- Recent insights into the evolution of mutation rates in yeast.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2022Review
- The Structural, Functional and Evolutionary Impact of Transposable Elements in Eukaryotes.Genes · 2021Review
- Testing the Genomic Shock Hypothesis Using Transposable Element Expression in Yeast Hybrids.Frontiers in fungal biology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous mobile genetic elements that hold both disruptive and adaptive potential for species. It has long been postulated that their activity may be triggered by hybridization, a hypothesis that received mixed support from studies in various species. While host defense mechanisms against TEs are being elucidated, the increasing volume of genomic data and bioinformatic tools specialized in TE detection enable in-depth characterization of TEs at the levels of species and populations. Here, I borrow elements from the genome ecology theory to illustrate how knowledge of the diversity of TEs and host defense mechanisms may help predict the activity of TEs in the face of hybridization, and how current limitations make this task especially challenging.
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