A Field Guide to Eukaryotic Transposable Elements

The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome.

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RepeatModeler2 for automated genomic discovery of transposable element families

Flynn, J. M., Hubley, R., Goubert, C., Rosen, J., Clark, A. G., Feschotte, C., & Smit, A. F. (2020) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1921046117 · Cited by 3,848

A unified classification system for eukaryotic transposable elements

Wicker, T., Sabot, F., Hua‐Van, A., Bennetzen, J. L., Capy, P., Chalhoub, B., Flavell, A. J., Leroy, P., Morgante, M., Panaud, O., et al. (2007) · Nature Reviews Genetics · doi:10.1038/nrg2165 · Cited by 3,159

Repeated Sequences in DNA

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Gene Regulation for Higher Cells: A Theory

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The origins of genome complexity

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Alu repeats and human genomic diversity

Batzer, M., & Deininger, P. (2002) · Nature reviews genetics · doi:10.1038/nrg798 · Cited by 1,522

Benchmarking transposable element annotation methods for creation of a streamlined, comprehensive pipeline

Ou, S., Su, W., Liao, Y., Chougule, K. M., Agda, J. R. A., Hellinga, A. J., Lugo, C. S. B., Elliott, T. A., Ware, D., Peterson, T., et al. (2019) · Genome biology · doi:10.1186/s13059-019-1905-y · Cited by 1,522

Regulatory activities of transposable elements: from conflicts to benefits

Chuong, E. B., Elde, N. C., & Feschotte, C. (2017) · Nature Reviews Genetics · doi:10.1038/nrg.2016.139 · Cited by 1,489

The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution

Nystedt, B., Street, N. R., Wetterbom, A., Zuccolo, A., Lin, Y., Scofield, D. G., Vezzi, F., Delhomme, N., Giacomello, S., Alexeyenko, A., et al. (2013) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature12211 · Cited by 1,463

Bergerac strains of Caenorhabditis elegans revisited: expansion of Tc 1 elements imposes a significant genomic and fitness cost

Daigle, A., Deiss, T. C., Melde, R. H., Bergthorsson, U., & Katju, V. (2022) · G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkac214 · Cited by 5

Broadscale evolutionary analysis of eukaryotic DDE transposonsPreprint

Dupeyron, M., Baril, T., & Hayward, A. (2021) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2021.09.26.461848 · Cited by 5

Atypical landscape of transposable elements in the large genome of Aedes aegyptiPreprint

Daron, J., Bergman, A., Lopez-Maestre, H., & Lambrechts, L. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2024.02.07.579293 · Cited by 8

ELOA3 : A primate-specific RNA polymerase II elongation factor encoded by a tandem repeat gene cluster

Morgan, M. A., Parast, S. M., Iwanaszko, M., Aoi, Y., Yoo, D., Dumar, Z. J., Howard, B. C., Helmin, K. A., Liu, Q., Thakur, W. R., et al. (2023) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.adj1261 · Cited by 4

Predicting horizontal gene transfers with perfect transfer networks

Sánchez, A. L., & Lafond, M. (2024) · Algorithms for Molecular Biology · doi:10.1186/s13015-023-00242-2 · Cited by 4

Transposable elements as drivers of dedifferentiation: Connections between enhancers in embryonic stem cells, placenta, and cancer

Karttunen, K., Patel, D., & Sahu, B. (2024) · BioEssays · doi:10.1002/bies.202400059 · Cited by 5

The landscape of transposable element distribution in the genome of Neotropical fish Apareiodon sp. (Characiformes: Parodontidae)

de Oliveira, F. S., Brann, T., Wolf, I. R., Nogaroto, V., Martins, C., Protasio, A. V., & Vicari, M. R. (2025) · Chromosome Research · doi:10.1007/s10577-025-09765-3 · Cited by 4

From Junk DNA to Genomic Treasure: Impacts of Transposable Element DNA , RNA , and Protein in Mammalian Development and Disease

Li, T. D., Toohill, K., & Modzelewski, A. J. (2025) · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA · doi:10.1002/wrna.70022 · Cited by 5

Transposable elements drive evolution and perturb gene expression in Brassica rapa and B. oleracea

Zheng, P., Ko, C., Ou, J., Zuccolo, A., & Lin, Y. (2025) · The Plant Journal · doi:10.1111/tpj.70452 · Cited by 5

Immunologic specificity in glioblastoma: Antigen discovery and translational implications

Hill, C. M., Wang, A. Z., Hsueh, B., Ramirez, R., Sherpa, N. D., Costa, M. A., Williams, O., Mao, L., & Dunn, G. P. (2025) · Neuro-Oncology Advances · doi:10.1093/noajnl/vdaf028 · Cited by 5

Hemoglobin-Gene Cluster Deletions in Antarctic White-Blooded Icefishes Facilitated by Transposable Elements

Desvignes, T., Rivera‐Colón, A. G., & Postlethwait, J. H. (2025) · Genome Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/gbe/evaf184 · Cited by 4

Gene and transposable element expression in response to stress in temperate and tropical populations of Drosophila

Merenciano, M., de Oliveira, D. S., Salces-Ortiz, J., Rebollo, R., Manfré, B., Menezes, B. F., Krasovec, G., Simonet, C., Janillon, S., Burlet, N., et al. (2025) · Mobile DNA · doi:10.1186/s13100-025-00372-x · Cited by 4

Mix-and-match between transposable elements and zinc finger proteins fuels genic and regulatory innovation

Rosspopoff, O., Trono, D., & Feschotte, C. (2025) · Current Opinion in Genetics & Development · doi:10.1016/j.gde.2025.102414 · Cited by 5

A Pan‐TE Map Reveals the Important Role of Transposable Elements in Gene Expression and Phenotypic Diversity in 2,311 Rapeseed Accessions

Yang, Z., Fan, H., Chen, Y., Li, J., Chen, M., Tan, Y. L., Guo, L., Li, J., Liu, K., & Yang, Q. (2025) · Advanced Science · doi:10.1002/advs.202512036 · Cited by 4

Temperature and genetic background drive mobilization of diverse transposable elements in a global human fungal pathogen

Mackey, A. I., Fraunfelter, V. M., Shaltz, S., McCormick, J., Schroeder, C., Perfect, J. R., Feschotte, C., Magwene, P. M., & Gusa, A. A. (2026) · PLoS Genetics · doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1011979 · Cited by 4

Transposable element–gene chimera cartography, origination and role in enhancing transcriptome plasticity

Cheon, Y., Alvstad, E., Torre, D., Quach, D. T., Nguyen, J., Hyun, K., Zhou, M., Yu, T., Liu, L., Yoon, Y., et al. (2026) · Nature Structural & Molecular Biology · doi:10.1038/s41594-026-01757-z · Cited by 4

Pervasive Transcription in the Human Genome Exceeds Background Noise

Adey, B. N., Maddock, D. J., Denmat, S. H., Dinger, M. E., Gardner, P. P., Poole, A. M., & Ganley, A. R. D. (2026) · Genome Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/gbe/evag042 · Cited by 4

MycoMobilome: a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom

Baril, T., & Croll, D. (2026) · NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics · doi:10.1093/nargab/lqag026 · Cited by 4

Segregating Complete Tf2 Elements Are Largely Neutral in Fission Yeast

Wang, Y., Wang, Q., Wu, Z., & Han, G. (2021) · Genome Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/gbe/evab254 · Cited by 4

Inhibition of EZH2 Causes Retrotransposon Derepression and Immune Activation in Porcine Lung Alveolar Macrophages

Zhang, L., Jin, J., Qin, W., Jiang, J. T., Bao, W., & Sun, M. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms24032394 · Cited by 4

The genomic study of repetitive elements in Solea senegalensis reveals multiple impacts of transposable elements in the evolution and architecture of Pleuronectiformes chromosomes

Cross, I., Rodríguez, M. E., Portela-Bens, S., Merlo, M. A., Gálvez-Salido, A., Navajas‐Pérez, R., & Rebordinos, L. G. (2024) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2024.1359531 · Cited by 6

Natural Transposable Element Insertions Contribute to Host Fitness in Model Yeasts

Wang, Y., Xu, H., He, Q., Wu, Z., & Han, G. (2024) · Genome Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/gbe/evae193 · Cited by 4

Comparative repeatome analysis of Pyrgomorphidae and Acrididae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) revealed the contribution of repetitive DNA in genome gigantism

Salman, M., Liu, X., Liu, N., & Huang, Y. (2025) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0325165 · Cited by 4

An endogenous retroviral element co-opts an upstream regulatory sequence to achieve somatic expression and mobility

Rubanova, N., Singh, D., Barolle, L., Chalvet, F., Netter, S., Poidevin, M., Servant, N., Bardin, A. J., & Siudeja, K. (2025) · Nucleic Acids Research · doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf485 · Cited by 4

Improved DNA-versus-Protein Homology Search for Protein Fossils

Yin, Y., & Frith, M. C. (2021) · Lecture notes in computer science · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74432-8_11 · Cited by 4

Confounding factors in profiling of locus-specific human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) transcript signatures in primary T cells using multi-study-derived datasets

Hamann, M. V., Adiba, M., & Lange, U. C. (2023) · BMC Medical Genomics · doi:10.1186/s12920-023-01486-y · Cited by 4

Leaf shredding as an alternative strategy for managing apple scab resistance to demethylation inhibitor fungicides

Meitz-Hopkins, J. C., von Diest, S. G., Koopman, T. A., Tobutt, K. R., Xu, X., & Lennox, C. L. (2023) · Frontiers in Horticulture · doi:10.3389/fhort.2023.1175168 · Cited by 4

Mining the Utricularia gibba genome for insulator-like elements for genetic engineering

Laspisa, D. J., Illa-Berenguer, E., Bang, S., Schmitz, R. J., Parrott, W. A., & Wallace, J. G. (2023) · Frontiers in Plant Science · doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1279231 · Cited by 4

Epigenetic influences of mobile genetic elements on ciliate genome architecture and evolution

Timmons, C., Shazib, S. U. A., & Katz, L. A. (2022) · Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology · doi:10.1111/jeu.12891 · Cited by 4

Interpopulation variation of transposable elements of the hAT superfamily in Drosophila willistoni (Diptera: Drosophilidae): in-situ approach

Bertocchi, N. Á., de Oliveira, T. D., Deprá, M., Goñi, B., & Valente, V. L. S. (2022) · Genetics and Molecular Biology · doi:10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2021-0287 · Cited by 4

Universal signatures of transposable element compartmentalization across eukaryotic genomesPreprint

Gozashti, L., Hartl, D. L., & Corbett-Detig, R. B. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2023.10.17.562820 · Cited by 5

Editorial: Mobile elements and plant genome evolution, comparative analyses and computational tools, volume II

Kalendar, R. N., & Karlov, G. I. (2023) · Frontiers in Plant Science · doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1308536 · Cited by 4

Lifestyles shape genome size and gene content in fungal pathogensPreprint

Fijarczyk, A., Hessenauer, P., Hamelin, R. C., & Landry, C. R. (2025) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.104975 · Cited by 4

What would it take to prove that a chronic infection is a causal agent in Alzheimer’s disease?

Brutkiewicz, R. R., Cao, W., Morgan, D., Reis, R. S. D., Suryadevara, V., Willette, A. A., Willette, S. A., Wyatt-Johnson, S. K., & Duggan, M. R. (2025) · Trends in Neurosciences · doi:10.1016/j.tins.2025.05.009 · Cited by 3

Molecular insights into water balance disruption as a pest control strategy for Rhyzopertha dominica (F.)

Bai, Y., Wang, G., Zhang, R., Bai, C., Lv, J., & Zhang, M. (2025) · Journal of Stored Products Research · doi:10.1016/j.jspr.2025.102593 · Cited by 3

Regulatory roles of transposable elements on autism molecular neuropathology

Techaniyom, P., Korsirikoon, C., Chitta, P., & Sae‐Lee, C. (2025) · Epigenomics · doi:10.1080/17501911.2025.2501520 · Cited by 3

Diversity, evolution, and transcription of endogenous retroviruses in Chiroptera genomes

Zhou, Z., Xiao, Y., Fang, J., Yao, Y., Yang, C., Dacheux, L., Luo, D., Qiu, Y., & Ge, X. (2025) · DNA Research · doi:10.1093/dnares/dsaf021 · Cited by 3

Structural and transduction patterns of human-specific polymorphic SVA insertions

Kirby, A. E., Loftus, M. G., Golba, E., Abel, H., Ashraf, H., Audano, P. A., Basile, A. O., Bonder, M. J., Brand, H., Byrska‐Bishop, M. S., et al. (2025) · Mobile DNA · doi:10.1186/s13100-025-00373-w · Cited by 3

Structural Variants and Transposable Elements as Facilitators of Rapid Evolutionary Change in Invasive Populations

Stuart, K. C., Santure, A. W., & Rollins, L. A. (2025) · CABI eBooks · doi:10.1079/9781800626263.0004 · Cited by 3

Blinded by the lights? Re-examining the adaptive role of transposable elements in plants with population genomics

Roulin, A. C. (2025) · Current Opinion in Plant Biology · doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2025.102846 · Cited by 3

Expanding the genetic landscape of inherited metabolic diseases using long-read sequencing and transcriptomic profiling

Soriano‐Sexto, A., Sánchez‐Lijarcio, O., Beccari, L. L., Castejón‐Fernández, N., Leal, F., Alcaide, P., de la Morena‐Barrio, B., Bahillo-Curieses, P., Correcher, P., Tresbach, R. H., et al. (2026) · European Journal of Human Genetics · doi:10.1038/s41431-025-01995-7 · Cited by 3

Gene insertion and transcriptional regulation of Escherichia coli based on CRISPR-associated transposases

Gao, S., Wang, L., Hou, M., Zhang, M., Zhu, X., Luo, H., Yu, X., Lv, H., Chen, S., Huang, Y., et al. (2026) · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.149850 · Cited by 3

Repeat-associated heterochromatin expansion in Acyclania tenebrosa, a noctuid with one of the largest lepidopteran genomes

Gasparotto, A. E., Ferretti, A. B. S. M., Alves-Gomes, R. T., Soares, F. A. F., Orsetti, A., Clarindo, W. R., & Cabral-de-Mello, D. C. (2026) · BMC Genomics · doi:10.1186/s12864-026-12600-6 · Cited by 3

Transposable elements as drivers of genome evolution in Drosophila virilis

Rezvykh, A. P., Kulikova, D. A., Zelentsova, E. S., Protsenko, L., Bespalova, A. V., Guseva, I. O., Blumenstiel, J. P., Евгеньев, М. Б., & Funikov, S. Y. (2026) · Nucleic Acids Research · doi:10.1093/nar/gkag139 · Cited by 4

Emergence of satellite DNAs suggests centromeric repositioning as a driver of karyotypic variation of the freshwater darter characines (Apareiodon affinis)

Ribas, M. S., Azambuja, M., Nogaroto, V., & Vicari, M. R. (2026) · Chromosome Research · doi:10.1007/s10577-026-09793-7 · Cited by 3

The enigma of transposable element abundance: lessons from Arabidopsis

Yang, L., Li, Y., Niu, X., & Guo, Y. (2026) · Trends in Genetics · doi:10.1016/j.tig.2025.12.007 · Cited by 3

DNA-bound avian R2 non-LTR retrotransposon protein recruits a second R2 protein for genome-protective second-strand nicking

Aderounmu, A. M., Horton, C. A., Treeck, B. V., Rodríguez-Vargas, A., & Collins, K. (2026) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2619612123 · Cited by 3

Croizat’s form-making, RNA networks, and biogeography

Mahlfeld, K., & Parenti, L. R. (2023) · History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences · doi:10.1007/s40656-023-00597-0 · Cited by 3

Technology to the rescue: how to uncover the role of transposable elements in preimplantation development

Deaville, L. A., & Berrens, R. V. (2024) · Biochemical Society Transactions · doi:10.1042/bst20231262 · Cited by 3

Leveraging long-read assemblies and machine learning to enhance short-read transposable element detection and genotyping

Daigle, A., Whitehouse, L. S., Zhao, R., Emerson, J. J., & Schrider, D. R. (2026) · Genetics · doi:10.1093/genetics/iyag101 · Cited by 3

Immunogenic proteins of Orientia tsutsugamushi and implications for scrub typhus intervention: A narrative review

Shah, S., Sharma, A., Rana, A., Kumar, R., Sharma, A. K., Kumar, S., & Sharma, D. (2025) · Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine · doi:10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_95_24 · Cited by 3

A plan or pandemonium? The conundrum of retrotransposon activation in cancer

Zueva, E. (2025) · Mobile DNA · doi:10.1186/s13100-025-00368-7 · Cited by 3

Expression spectrum of TE-driven transcripts in human adult tissues

Miao, B., Luo, X., Ademovic, A., Yang, Y., Wu, T. P., & Zhang, B. A. (2026) · Genome biology · doi:10.1186/s13059-025-03898-8 · Cited by 3

Tracking mobilization uncovers an evolutionarily conserved mechanism in suppressing mobile genetic elements

Wang, L., Liang, Y., Wu, S., Deng, Y., Wu, W., Zhang, Z. Z. Z., Wu, W., & Wang, L. (2026) · Molecular Cell · doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2026.05.022 · Cited by 3

Infections by Transovarially Transmitted DMelSV in Drosophila Have No Impact on Ovarian Transposable Element Transcripts but Increase Their Amounts in the Soma

Roy, M., Viginier, B., Mayeux, C. A., Ratinier, M., & Fablet, M. (2021) · Genome Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/gbe/evab207 · Cited by 4

Detection of Transposon Gene in Lurik Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea var. lurik L.) with AhMITEs Analysis

Rosyidi, I. N., Yusuf, A. F., Sahroni, M., & Daryono, B. S. (2023) · International Journal on Advanced Science Engineering and Information Technology · doi:10.18517/ijaseit.13.4.18269 · Cited by 3

L31 Transposons of Hexacorallia: Distribution, Diversity, and Evolution

Puzakova, L. V., Puzakov, M. V., & Puzakova, P. M. (2024) · Russian Journal of Genetics · doi:10.1134/s1022795424700157 · Cited by 3

Subtelomeric repeat expansion in Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus chromosomes

Kon, T., Kon‐Nanjo, K., & Simakov, O. (2025) · Mobile DNA · doi:10.1186/s13100-025-00355-y · Cited by 3

Genome architecture and social evolution

Rehan, S. M. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2109409118 · Cited by 3

A genomic survey of LINE elements in Pipidae aquatic frogs shed light on Rex-elements evolution in these genomes

Gama, J. D. M., Ludwig, A., Gazolla, C. B., Guizelini, D., Recco‐Pimentel, S. M., & Bruschi, D. P. (2022) · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107393 · Cited by 3

Transposable Elements in Bats Show Differential Accumulation Patterns Determined by Class and Functionality

Paulat, N. S., McGuire, E., Subramanian, K., Osmanski, A. B., Moreno-Santillán, D. D., Ray, D. A., & Xing, J. (2022) · Life · doi:10.3390/life12081190 · Cited by 4

Regulation of the three-dimensional chromatin organization by transposable elements in pig spleen

Li, Y., Fan, H., Qin, W., Wang, Y., Chen, S., Bao, W., & Sun, M.-A. (2023) · Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal · doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2023.09.029 · Cited by 3

Contrasting new and available reference genomes to highlight uncertainties in assemblies and areas for future improvement: an example with monodontid species

Bringloe, T. T., & Parent, G. J. (2023) · BMC Genomics · doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09779-3 · Cited by 7

Dynamic dysregulation of retrotransposons in neurodegenerative diseases at the single-cell levelPreprint

Deng, W., Citu, C., Liu, A., & Zhao, Z. (2024) · Genome Research · doi:10.1101/gr.279363.124 · Cited by 3

Manual versus automatic annotation of transposable elements: case studies in Drosophila melanogaster and Aedes albopictus , balancing accuracy and biological relevancePreprint

Carrasco-Valenzuela, T., Marino, A., Storer, J. M., Bonnici, I., Mazzoni, C. J., Fontaine, M. C., Haudry, A., Boulesteix, M., & Fiston-Lavier, A.-S. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2025.01.10.632341 · Cited by 4

Birth of protein-coding exons by ancient domestication of LINE-1 retrotransposonPreprint

Kitao, K., Ichiyanagi, K., & Nakagawa, S. (2025) · Genome Research · doi:10.1101/gr.280007.124 · Cited by 3

RNA polymerase III transcription-associated polyadenylation promotes the accumulation of noncoding retrotransposons during infectionPreprint

Lari, A., Shah, S. B., Mao, X., Sanghrajka, P., Karijolich, J. J., Lareau, L. F., & Glaunsinger, B. A. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2025.05.14.654096 · Cited by 3

Germline ecology: Managed herds, tolerated flocks, and pest control

Haig, D. (2024) · Journal of Heredity · doi:10.1093/jhered/esae004 · Cited by 2

Construction of the porcine genome mobile element variations and investigation of its role in population diversity and gene expression

Hu, J., Gui, L., Wu, Z., & Huang, L. (2024) · Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology · doi:10.1186/s40104-024-01121-5 · Cited by 2

Horizontal Transfer and Recombination Fuel Ty4 Retrotransposon Evolution in Saccharomyces

Chen, J., Garfinkel, D. J., & Bergman, C. (2025) · Genome Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/gbe/evaf004 · Cited by 2

A multidisciplinary and integrative review of the structural genome and epigenome of Capsicum L. species

de Almeida, B. M., & Clarindo, W. R. (2025) · Planta · doi:10.1007/s00425-025-04653-w · Cited by 2

Biomolecular liquid‒liquid phase separation associated with repetitive genomic elements

Asamitsu, S., & Iwasaki, Y. W. (2025) · Polymer Journal · doi:10.1038/s41428-025-01036-6 · Cited by 3

The highly diverse repertoire of transposable elements within the genomes of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Behm, R., & Sharanowski, B. J. (2025) · Mobile DNA · doi:10.1186/s13100-025-00360-1 · Cited by 2

An insight into the draft genome of the Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, together with its Wolbachia endosymbiont

Lu, S. M., Bland, D. M., Dahlstrom, E. W., Redekar, N. R., Guizzo, M. G., Barbian, K., Hinnebusch, B. J., & Ribeiro, J. M. C. (2025) · BMC Genomics · doi:10.1186/s12864-025-11759-8 · Cited by 2

Expression of LTR and LINE1 transposable elements defines atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor subtypes

Hamann, M. V., Godbole, S., Adiba, M., Leddy, S. M., Navolić, J., Tabatabai, G., Merk, D. J., Lange, U. C., & Neumann, J. E. (2025) · Acta Neuropathologica Communications · doi:10.1186/s40478-025-02078-w · Cited by 2

How Did Evolution Halve Genome Size During an Oceanic Island Colonization?

Pisarenco, V. A., Boada-Figueras, A., Olivé‐Muñiz, M., Escuer, P., Macías‐Hernández, N., Arnedo, M. A., Librado, P., Sánchez‐Gracia, A., Guirao‐Rico, S., & Rozas, J. (2025) · Molecular Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/molbev/msaf206 · Cited by 3

Sex-specific expression and function of TRIM28 during mouse primordial germ differentiation

DiRusso, J., Zhan, L., Tao, Y., Wang, A. L., Xiang, X., Robbins, A. C., Cruz, A. J., Liu, W., & Clark, A. T. (2025) · iScience · doi:10.1016/j.isci.2025.113474 · Cited by 2

The Other Side of the Same Coin: Beyond the Coding Region in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Ruffo, P., Perrone, B., Perrone, F., Amicis, F. D., Iuliano, R., Bucci, C., Messina, A. A., & Conforti, F. L. (2025) · Pharmaceuticals · doi:10.3390/ph18101573 · Cited by 2

Molecular effects of transposable element sequences in mammalian cells

Wen, M., & Welch, J. D. (2025) · Genome biology · doi:10.1186/s13059-025-03883-1 · Cited by 2

DIS3L2-mediated RNA surveillance and extracellular vesicle packaging prevent innate immune activation by aberrant cellular RNAs

Williams, S. G., Sim, S., Guiblet, W. M., George, J., Jones, J. C., & Wolin, S. L. (2025) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2526318122 · Cited by 2

Evolutionarily divergent transcriptomic programs in ovarian folliculogenesis across mice, monkeys and humans

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The role of transposable elements activity in genomic instability and their relationship to aging process

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