SELFISH GENES. “Retrotransposons appear to have greater significance than other transposons in their potential for deleterious effects on host fitness. Functional retrotransposon inserts produce transcripts that are silenced by genome defense proteins. So far, it has been documented that the genome may be protected against overpopulation of selfish elements in several ways.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022