PHANTASMAL DNA. “TEs are parasitic DNAs whose only function is to replicate and propagate themselves. When a transposon invades a new host, it must colonize the germline genome to persist in the population. Then, it will increase in copy number, and persists in the genome until, by vertical inactivation, all transposon copies become inactive and remain only as fossils.” (TE = transposable elements).
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022