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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Bacterial DNA invasion triggers transposable element proliferation and genome expansion.

Zachary P Cohen, Lindsey Perkin, Paul B Frandsen, Michael DeGiorgio, Raquel Assis

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Zachary P CohenUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research Unit, 2771 F and B Road, College Station, TX, 77845, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6251-5611
Lindsey PerkinUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research Unit, 2771 F and B Road, College Station, TX, 77845, USA.
Paul B FrandsenDepartment of Plant and Wildlife Sciences and Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Michael DeGiorgioDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, USA.
Raquel AssisDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, USA.

Funding

Identifying complex modes of adaptation from population-genomic dataR35GM128590 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI Michael DeGiorgio · 2018 to 2026
$2.8M
Learning about the evolution of structural variations from genomic and transcriptomic dataR35GM142438 · NIGMS · FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY · PI ASSIS, RAQUEL · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128590NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM142438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome size variation in eukaryotes is driven largely by transposable elements (TEs), yet the biological mechanisms that initiate their proliferation remain understudied. Here, we identify a recurrent association between bacterial horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and bursts of TE activity that contribute to genome expansion. By leveraging comparative genomics and genus-level pangenome analyses across three species of the nut weevil,

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