LAYERED PIGGYBACK. “Indeed, cif genes that lose their association with mobile elements may ultimately go extinct as they would be less likely to undergo horizontal transfer. As argued by Beckmann, Bonneau, et al. (2019), in some cases CI may be best viewed as an adaptation of mobile genetic elements to spread within Wolbachia populations.” (CI = cytoplasmic incompatibility).
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022