Double-edged sword: The evolutionary consequences of the epigenetic silencing of transposable elemen...
Double-edged sword: The evolutionary consequences of the epigenetic silencing of transposable elements
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Transposable elements (TEs) are genomic parasites that selfishly replicate at the expense of host fitness. Fifty years of evolutionary studies of TEs have concentrated on the deleterious genetic effects of TEs, such as their effects on disrupting genes and regulatory sequences. However, a flurry of recent work suggests that there is another importa...
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Double-edged sword: The evolutionary consequences of the epigenetic silencing of transposable elements
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2434499018
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2434499018
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1553-7404,1553-7390
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1553-7404
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1008872
