Dynamics of genome size evolution in birds and mammals

Genetic Drift, Not Life History or RNAi, Determine Long-Term Evolution of Transposable Elements

(2016) Amir Szitenberg et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Genomic Landscape of Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons (LTR-RTs) and Solo LTRs as Shaped by Ectopic Recombination in Chicken and Zebra Finch

(2016) Yanzhu Ji et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Life History Traits, Protein Evolution, and the Nearly Neutral Theory in Amniotes

(2016) Emeric Figuet et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Determinants of genetic diversity

(2016) Hans Ellegren et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Genome Stability and Evolution: Attempting a Holistic View

(2016) Ingo Schubert et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Evolution of the Insertion-Deletion Mutation Rate Across the Tree of Life

(2016) Way Sung et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

The relationship of recombination rate, genome structure, and patterns of molecular evolution across angiosperms

(2015) George P. Tiley et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Do larger genomes contain more diverse transposable elements?

(2015) Tyler A Elliott et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Transposons, Genome Size, and Evolutionary Insights in Animals

(2015) Adriana Canapa et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

Targeted Capture of Phylogenetically Informative Ves SINE Insertions in Genus Myotis

(2015) Roy N. Platt et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Comparative Analysis of Transposable Elements Highlights Mobilome Diversity and Evolution in Vertebrates

(2015) Domitille Chalopin et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Applying ecological models to communities of genetic elements: the case of neutral theory

(2015) Stefan Linquist et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genetic variation and the de novo assembly of human genomes

(2015) Mark J. P. Chaisson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Analysis of the giant genomes ofFritillaria(Liliaceae) indicates that a lack of DNA removal characterizes extreme expansions in genome size

(2015) Laura J. Kelly et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genome-wide analyses of LINE–LINE-mediated nonallelic homologous recombination

(2015) Michał Startek et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

What's in a genome? The C-value enigma and the evolution of eukaryotic genome content

(2015) Tyler A. Elliott et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cross-Species Transmission and Differential Fate of an Endogenous Retrovirus in Three Mammal Lineages

(2015) Xiaoyu Zhuo et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Avianbase: a community resource for bird genomics

(2015) Lél Eöry et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Repbase Update, a database of repetitive elements in eukaryotic genomes

(2015) Weidong Bao et al.   Mobile DNA

Rolling-Circle Transposons Catalyze Genomic Innovation in a Mammalian Lineage

(2014) Jainy Thomas et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Multiple Lineages of Ancient CR1 Retroposons Shaped the Early Genome Evolution of Amniotes

(2014) Alexander Suh et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Metabolic 'engines' of flight drive genome size reduction in birds

(2014) N. A. Wright et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evidence for a single loss of mineralized teeth in the common avian ancestor

(2014) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

Three crocodilian genomes reveal ancestral patterns of evolution among archosaurs

(2014) R. E. Green et al.   SCIENCE

Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

(2014) E. D. Jarvis et al.   SCIENCE

Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation

(2014) G. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

8.2% of the Human Genome Is Constrained: Variation in Rates of Turnover across Functional Element Classes in the Human Lineage

(2014) Chris M. Rands et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution

(2013) Björn Nystedt et al.   NATURE

Human Genomic Deletions Generated by SVA-Associated Events

(2012) Jungnam Lee et al.   COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS

The Evolution of Intron Size in Amniotes: A Role for Powered Flight?

(2012) Qu Zhang et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Accumulation and Rapid Decay of Non-LTR Retrotransposons in the Genome of the Three-Spine Stickleback

(2012) Eryn Blass et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Survey Sequencing Reveals Elevated DNA Transposon Activity, Novel Elements, and Variation in Repetitive Landscapes among Vesper Bats

(2012) H. J. T. Pagan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Slow DNA Loss in the Gigantic Genomes of Salamanders

(2012) Cheng Sun et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Hundreds of conserved non-coding genomic regions are independently lost in mammals

(2012) Michael Hiller et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Functional characterization of piggyBat from the bat Myotis lucifugus unveils an active mammalian DNA transposon

(2012) R. Mitra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unexpected Diversity and Expression of Avian Endogenous Retroviruses

(2012) M. Bolisetty et al.   mBio

Recombination Drives Vertebrate Genome Contraction

(2012) Kiwoong Nam et al.   PLoS Genetics

Rapid Turnover of Functional Sequence in Human and Other Genomes

(2011) Chris P. Ponting et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

The Repatterning of Eukaryotic Genomes by Random Genetic Drift

(2011) Michael Lynch et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

LTR Retrotransposons Contribute to Genomic Gigantism in Plethodontid Salamanders

(2011) Cheng Sun et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Sequence shortening in the rodent ancestor

(2011) S. Laurie et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Human-specific loss of regulatory DNA and the evolution of human-specific traits

(2011) Cory Y. McLean et al.   NATURE

A high-resolution map of human evolutionary constraint using 29 mammals

(2011) Kerstin Lindblad-Toh et al.   NATURE

The genome as a life-history character: why rate of molecular evolution varies between mammal species

(2011) L. Bromham   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

(2011) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

Mesozoic retroposons reveal parrots as the closest living relatives of passerine birds

(2011) Alexander Suh et al.   Nature Communications

Drift and Genome Complexity Revisited

(2011) Kenneth D. Whitney et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genome Evolution in Reptilia, the Sister Group of Mammals

(2010) Daniel E. Janes et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

BEDTools: a flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features

(2010) Aaron R. Quinlan et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Scaling of basal metabolic rate with body mass and temperature in mammals

(2010) Andrew Clarke et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Plasma IGF-1 is negatively correlated with body mass in a comparison of 36 mammalian species

(2010) Jeffrey A. Stuart et al.   MECHANISMS OF AGEING AND DEVELOPMENT

The genome of a songbird

(2010) Wesley C. Warren et al.   NATURE

A mobile threat to genome stability: The impact of non-LTR retrotransposons upon the human genome

(2010) Miriam K. Konkel et al.   SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY

The genome sizes of megabats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) are remarkably constrained

(2009) J. D.L. Smith et al.   Biology Letters

The genomic architecture of segmental duplications and associated copy number variants in dogs

(2009) T. J. Nicholas et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Relaxation of selective constraints on avian mitochondrial DNA following the degeneration of flight ability

(2009) Y.-Y. Shen et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The relation between maximal running speed and body mass in terrestrial mammals

(2009) Theodore Garland   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The evolutionary significance of ancient genome duplications

(2009) Yves Van de Peer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Rapid DNA loss as a counterbalance to genome expansion through retrotransposon proliferation in plants

(2009) J. S. Hawkins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The smallest avian genomes are found in hummingbirds

(2009) T. R. Gregory et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptive Evolution of Pelvic Reduction in Sticklebacks by Recurrent Deletion of a Pitx1 Enhancer

(2009) Y. F. Chan et al.   SCIENCE

The Genome Sequence of Taurine Cattle: A Window to Ruminant Biology and Evolution

(2009) et al.   SCIENCE

Palaeogenomics of pterosaurs and the evolution of small genome size in flying vertebrates

(2008) C. L Organ et al.   Biology Letters

Dispensability of mammalian DNA

(2008) C. McLean et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Multiple waves of recent DNA transposon activity in the bat, Myotis lucifugus

(2008) D. A. Ray et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Identification of novel CR1 subfamilies in an avian order with recently active elements

(2008) J JOHN et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Mouse segmental duplication and copy number variation

(2008) Xinwei She et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Repeated horizontal transfer of a DNA transposon in mammals and other tetrapods

(2008) J. K. Pace et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome size and wing parameters in passerine birds

(2008) C. B Andrews et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES