Transposable elements and viruses as factors in adaptation and evolution: An expansion and strengthening of the TE-Thrust hypothesis

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2912-2933

  Oliver, Keith R ^a   Greene, Wayne K ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive potential; Evolutionary potential; Holobiont; Symbiosis; Te thrust; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890522036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.400     Document Type: Article

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