Genetic drift, not life history or RNAi, determine long-Term evolution of transposable elements

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2964-2978

  Szitenberg, Amir ^a,b   Cha, Soyeon ^c   Opperman, Charles H ^c   Bird, David M ^c   Blaxter, Mark L ^d   Lunt, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b The Dead Sea and Arava Science Center   (Israel)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mating System; Nematoda; Parasitism; RNA Interference; Transposable Elements Evolution

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSON;

ANIMAL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEMATODE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; LIFE HISTORY TRAITS; NEMATODA; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84995387797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw208     Document Type: Review

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