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Riccardo Pianezza

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Open access Sep 2026

The ongoing invasion of the endogenous retrovirus Kuruka in natural Drosophila melanogaster populations

Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA sequences that can proliferate within host genomes, occasionally capable of crossing species boundaries via horizontal transfer (HT). Here, we report the discovery and characterization of Kuruka, a recently invading TE in natural D. melanogaster populations. Kuruka encodes an...

Riccardo Pianezza, Sarah Saadain, Matthew Beaumont et al. · Nature Communications · 2 citations · ⚡1

Review Sep 2026

The History of Transposable Element Invasions in Drosophila melanogaster.

As a fundamental biological principle, genomic information is typically transmitted vertically from parent to offspring. Occasionally, however, genetic material is transferred horizontally between species. Transposable elements (TEs) are frequently involved in such horizontal transfer (HT), possibly due to their abilit...

R. Kofler, Riccardo Pianezza, Almorò Scarpa et al. · Annual Review of Genetics · 0 citations