Transposable elements and the evolution of genome size in eukaryotes

By M. G. Kidwell. Genetica, 2002

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Estimating the tempo and mode of gene family evolution from comparative genomic data. (2005, background): “Because the parameters for gain and loss of TEs can be quite different from those for other gene families (see, e.g., Li 1997; Kidwell 2002), the disparity in TE number between genomes can be due to processes unique to this family.”
Epigenetic silencing of transposable elements: a trade-off between reduced transposition and deleterious effects on neighboring gene expression. (2009, background): “The proliferation of these elements is largely responsible for differences in genome size among eukaryotes (Kidwell 2002).”
Nothing in Genetics Makes Sense Except in Light of Genomic Conflict (2013, background): “For example, in Drosophila there is substantial evidence that TEs are common parasites that make up about 12% of the genome (Charlesworth & Langley 1989, Kidwell 2002).”
Synergy between sequence and size in Large-scale genomics (2005, background): “As more genome sequences are completed, it is becoming clear that genome size and total transposable-element content are strongly correlate”
The relationship between non-protein-coding DNA and eukaryotic complexity. (2007, neutral): “Genes involved in differentiation and development, nonetheless, are known to be significantly larger than average and to contain large amounts of regulatory information in their introns, consistent with a ‘‘genome design’’ model.((84,39))”
Molecular Poltergeists: Mitochondrial DNA Copies (numts) in Sequenced Nuclear Genomes (2010, background): “A negative correlation also exists between genome size and repetitive DNA content [79].”
Macroevolution, hierarchy theory, and the C-value enigma (2004, background): “In terms of gene structure, transposable elements are capable of broad-scale mutator activity during both insertion and excision events (Kidwell and Lisch 1997, 2002).”
DNA transposons and the evolution of eukaryotic genomes. (2007, background): “It is now well established that these variations largely account for the wide differences in genome size observed among eukaryotes, and even between closely related species (64, 100).”