linkedin post 2017-06-14 04:30:12

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"THE STAGGERING evolutionary success of TEs in eukaryotes is often attributed to their ability to out replicate the host genomes in which they reside, as opposed to any selective advantage that they might provide to their hosts." (TE = transposable elements). https://lnkd.in/dwuaM5f View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-06-13 04:39:04

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DOMINANT PURIFYING SELECTION. "We show that purifying selection against TEs is the dominant force throughout the evolutionary history of Nematoda, as indicated by reconstructed ancestral TE loads, and that strong stochastic Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes are the underlying models which best explain TE diversification among extant species." (TE = transposable elements). https://lnkd.in/drMDPh6 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-06-16 15:55:42

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“THE STAGGERING evolutionary success of TEs in eukaryotes is often attributed to their ability to out replicate the host genomes in which they reside, as opposed to any selective advantage that they might provide to their hosts.” (TE = transposable elements). https://lnkd.in/dwuaM5f View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-06-17 04:41:19

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HYGIENIC GROOMING. "The bodies of fungal-killed aphids were quickly removed from ant-tended aphid colonies. Ant workers were also able to detect infective conidia on the cuticle of living aphids and responded by either removing or grooming these aphids." http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2009/11/16/rsbl.2009.0743.short View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-06-17 04:36:13

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CONTROLLING THE HERD. "We believe that ants could use the tranquillising chemicals in their footprints to maintain a populous 'farm' of aphids close their colony, to provide honeydew on tap. Ants have even been known to occasionally eat some of the aphids themselves, so subduing them in this way is obviously a great way to keep renewable honeydew and prey easily available." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071009212548.htm View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-06-17 04:34:20

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HOBBLING THE COWS. "The ants have been known to bite the wings off the aphids in order to stop them from getting away and depriving the ants of one of their staple foods: the sugar-rich sticky honeydew which is excreted by aphids when they eat plants. Chemicals produced in the glands of ants can also sabotage the growth of aphid wings." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071009212548.htm View in LinkedIn
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