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By comparing two independently assembled genomes of the Iberian ribbed newt\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                      <jats:italic>Pleurodeles waltl<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:styled-content>\n                    (20.3\u2009Gb)\u2014generated in Europe and Japan\u2014with the compact genome of\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                      <jats:italic>Xenopus tropicalis<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:styled-content>\n                    (1.5\u2009Gb), we uncover evidence for both past and ongoing TE bursts during newt genome expansion. Analyses of multicopy genes reveal a spectrum of evolutionary outcomes driven by successive waves of intronic TE invasion. While some genes remain functional despite massive gene body inflation through efficient splicing\u2010mediated removal of TE insertions, others undergo transcriptional silencing, followed by mutation accumulation, pseudogenization, and progressive disorganization of exon\u2013intron architecture. Direct comparison between the two\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                      <jats:italic>P Pleurodeles waltl<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:styled-content>\n                    assemblies demonstrates that TE insertions continue to occur, indicating that genome expansion is an active, ongoing process. We further identify\n                    <jats:italic>Bou1<\/jats:italic>\n                    , a testis\u2010specific, TE\u2010derived locus whose expression coincides with germline\u2010associated TE activity. 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