MOLECULAR COMPETITION. “Alleles can also compete outside the context of organismal evolution via diverse mechanisms of selection at the level of the gene that are collectively called genomic conflict (or selfish, ultraselfish, and parasitic DNA). Genomic conflict frequently leads to reduced fitness at the organismal level.”
http://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/7/3/a017608.full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022