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Squamate reptiles challenge paradigms of genomic repeat element evolution set by birds and mammals

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  • Giulia I. M. Pasquesi

    (University of Texas at Arlington)

  • Richard H. Adams

    (University of Texas at Arlington)

  • Daren C. Card

    (University of Texas at Arlington)

  • Drew R. Schield

    (University of Texas at Arlington)

  • Andrew B. Corbin

    (University of Texas at Arlington)

  • Blair W. Perry

    (University of Texas at Arlington)

  • Jacobo Reyes-Velasco

    (University of Texas at Arlington
    New York University Abu Dhabi)

  • Robert P. Ruggiero

    (New York University Abu Dhabi)

  • Michael W. Vandewege

    (Temple University)

  • Jonathan A. Shortt

    (University of Colorado School of Medicine)

  • Todd A. Castoe

    (University of Texas at Arlington)

Abstract

Broad paradigms of vertebrate genomic repeat element evolution have been largely shaped by analyses of mammalian and avian genomes. Here, based on analyses of genomes sequenced from over 60 squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes), we show that patterns of genomic repeat landscape evolution in squamates challenge such paradigms. Despite low variance in genome size, squamate genomes exhibit surprisingly high variation among species in abundance (ca. 25–73% of the genome) and composition of identifiable repeat elements. We also demonstrate that snake genomes have experienced microsatellite seeding by transposable elements at a scale unparalleled among eukaryotes, leading to some snake genomes containing the highest microsatellite content of any known eukaryote. Our analyses of transposable element evolution across squamates also suggest that lineage-specific variation in mechanisms of transposable element activity and silencing, rather than variation in species-specific demography, may play a dominant role in driving variation in repeat element landscapes across squamate phylogeny.

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  • Giulia I. M. Pasquesi & Richard H. Adams & Daren C. Card & Drew R. Schield & Andrew B. Corbin & Blair W. Perry & Jacobo Reyes-Velasco & Robert P. Ruggiero & Michael W. Vandewege & Jonathan A. Shortt &, 2018. "Squamate reptiles challenge paradigms of genomic repeat element evolution set by birds and mammals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-05279-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05279-1
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