LTR transposable elements contribution to the apple genome, methylome and transcriptome evolution in Malus domestica
The whole genome duplication (WGD) shared by apple (Malus domestica) and pear (Pyrus communis) dated 27 Mya was followed 21 Mya by a burst of transposable elements (TE), making these organisms a prime choice for studying the evolution of duplicated genes. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis of 149 RNA-Seq datasets and focused on gene pairs for which one ohnolog was systematically…
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