MOSTLY NEGATIVE. “Although TEs may occasionally play an adaptive role in their host’s genome, they are much more often deleterious, and purifying selection is thus an important factor controlling genomic TE loads.” (TE = transposable elements).
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022