Fungal mobile genetic elements are typically small, vertically inherited, and are not known to encode adaptive traits. A new study documents HEPHAESTUSÂ - a large, horizontally transferred, cargo-carrying mobile element that… Click to show full abstract
Fungal mobile genetic elements are typically small, vertically inherited, and are not known to encode adaptive traits. A new study documents HEPHAESTUSÂ - a large, horizontally transferred, cargo-carrying mobile element that confers tolerance to several metals in fungi.
               
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