Multilevel selection theory and the evolutionary functions of transposable elements

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2445-2457

  Brunet, Tyler D P ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ENCODE; Evolution; Genomes; Multi level selection; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSON;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84954314336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv152     Document Type: Article

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