Publications by authors named "Matthew Blake Frahry"
Article Synopsis
- Species vary widely in nuclear genome size due to mutations like insertions and deletions, which impact evolutionary diversity.
- Salamanders possess some of the largest genomes among vertebrates, ranging from ~14 to ~120 Gb, and show slower rates of small DNA loss compared to other vertebrates.
- This study focuses on large DNA deletions caused by ectopic recombination of LTR retrotransposons, revealing that salamanders have fewer solo LTR sequences, indicating a slower rate of this type of deletion compared to smaller vertebrate genomes.
