Genome size (C-value) can affect organismal traits across levels of biological organization, from tissue complexity to metabolism. Neotropical salamanders show wide variation in genome and body sizes
Genome size is largely uncorrelated to organismal complexity and adaptive scenarios. Genetic drift as well as intragenomic conflict have been put forward to explain this observation. We here study the
In the absence of polyploidy, the dynamics of repetitive elements, which make up the bulk of the genome in many species, are the main drivers underpinning changes in genome size and the overall evolut
