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Sep 2026
Transposable elements as evolutionary catalysts of ant macrodiversity
The findings demonstrate the broad-scale impact of TE-dependent genome evolution during ant adaptive radiation and suggest that similar comparative analyses across other major lineages will be worthwhile to reconstruct the wider macroevolutionary impact of TEs.
Lukas Schrader, Janina L. Rinke, M. Errbii et al.
· Science Advances · 1 citation