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The impact of transposable elements in environmental adaptation.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2013
Casacuberta Elena, González Josefa
Abstract excerpt
Transposable elements (TEs) play an important role in the responsive capacity of their hosts in the face of environmental challenges. The variety of mechanisms by which TEs influence the capacity of adaptation of the host is as large as the variety of TEs and host genomes. For example, TEs might directly affect the function of individual genes, provide a mechanism for rapidly acquiring new genetic material and...
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