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Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements in bdelloid rotifers
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Transposable elements (TEs) are selfish genomic parasites whose ability to spread autonomously is facilitated by sexual reproduction in their hosts. If hosts become obligately asexual, TE frequencies and dynamics are predicted to change dramatically, but the long-term outcome is unclear. Here, we test current theory using whole-genome sequence data from eight species of bdelloid rotifers, a class of invertebrates in which males are thus far unknown. Contrary to expectations, we find a variety...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- eLife Sciences Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- eLife Journal website
- Volume:
- 10
- Article number:
- e63194
- Publication date:
- 2021-02-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-02-04
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- EISSN:
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2050-084X
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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1160241
- Local pid:
- pubs:1160241
- Deposit date:
- 2021-02-11
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- Nowell et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © 2021, Nowell et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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