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Structural and functional liaisons between transposable elements and satellite DNAs

Motivated by accumulating data about sequence elements that incorporate features of both TEs and satDNAs, here is an overview of their structural and functional liaisons.
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Scientists' Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems

In light of recent alarming trends in human population growth, climate change, and other environmental modifications, a “Warning to humanity” manifesto was published in BioScience in 2017. This…
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Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats in Tribolium castaneum genome reveals abundant and highly dynamic tandem repeat families with satellite DNA features in euchromatic chromosomal arms

Binformatics analysis of assembled Tribolium castaneum genome disclosed significant contribution of TRs in euchromatic chromosomal arms and clear predominance of satellite DNA-typical 170 bp monomers in arrays of ≥5 repeats.
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A synthesis on cave‐dwelling spiders in Europe

This work provides the first overview on spiders living in subterranean habitats in Europe, including the first European subterranean spider checklist, and points out specific areas of interest for future research.
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Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species

A new genus and a new species belonging to the family Nesticidae are described based on morphology and supported by molecular data and are clear candidates for protection: they have highly restricted ranges and some of them show a high degree of adaptation to the subterranean environment.
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Blind Flight? A New Troglobiotic Orthoclad (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Lukina Jama – Trojama Cave in Croatia

The discovery of T. hajdi confirms the position of the Dinaric arch as a highly important hotspot of subterranean biodiversity and disproving previous beliefs that bats are the only animals capable of flying in complete darkness.
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Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental β-diversity patterns in subterranean spider communities across Europe

Caves emerge as experimental model systems in which to study broad biological patterns without the confounding effect of local habitat features, which emphasizes the idea of caves as the human accessible fraction of the extended network of fissures that more properly represents the elective habitat of the underground fauna.
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The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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Conserved DNA Motifs, Including the CENP-B Box-like, Are Possible Promoters of Satellite DNA Array Rearrangements in Nematodes

Comparison of homogeneous simple arrays and complex HORs composed of different satDNAs enabled, for the first time, the identification of conserved motifs as obligatory components of monomer junctions, highlighting the role of short motifs in rearrangements, even among highly divergent sequences.
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Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae)

This dataset is unique in that it covers both a large geographic extent and contains high-resolution local data on geomorphological and habitat features and has high potential for helping researchers in tackling a range of biogeographical and macroecological questions, not necessarily uniquely related to arachnology or subterranean biology.
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