Genome Size Evolution: Small Transposons with Large Consequences
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.032
Abstract: Transposable elements (TEs) heavily influence genome size variation between organisms. A new study on larvacean tunicates now shows that even non-autonomous TEs - small TEs that parasitize the enzymatic machinery of large, autonomous TEs -… read more here.
Keywords: size evolution; transposons large; size; evolution small ... See more keywords