Uncovering thousands of endosymbiont DNA transfer events within single cockroach genomes
Kyle M. Ewart, Maxim W. D. Adams, Zhuzhi Zhang, Louise Baker, Kokuto Fujiwara, Yoshinobu Hayashi, Leo A. Featherstone, Oscar Lo Lu, Jil E. S. Helbling, Maya Moral, Kiyoto Maekawa, Harley Rose, Aaron Jex, Simon Y. W. Ho, Nathan Lo · 2026
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Cockroach genomes hide thousands of DNA gifts from their inner bacteria. Kyle M. Ewart leads a 2026 study of this gene flow. Cockroaches host Blattabacterium bacteria passed through eggs. That long bond gave DNA many chances to jump.
Fragments were matched across 23 cockroach and termite genomes. Eight genomes were newly sequenced for the study. Australian burrowing cockroaches held over three thousand inserts. That count dwarfs past records outside rotifers. Some inserts survived near thirty million years. Joined inserts stitched up to nine bacterial segments. Noncoding jumps may shape adaptation more than thought.
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| CREATOR | Kyle M. Ewart, Maxim W. D. Adams, Zhuzhi Zhang, Louise Baker, Kokuto Fujiwara, Yoshinobu Hayashi, Leo A. Featherstone, Oscar Lo Lu, Jil E. S. Helbling, Maya Moral, Kiyoto Maekawa, Harley Rose, Aaron Jex, Simon Y. W. Ho, Nathan Lo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12291 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |