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Neutral theory predicts the relative abundance and diversity of genetic elements in a broad array of eukaryotic genomes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Serra François, Becher Verónica, Dopazo Hernán
Abstract excerpt
It is universally true in ecological communities, terrestrial or aquatic, temperate or tropical, that some species are very abundant, others are moderately common, and the majority are rare. Likewise, eukaryotic genomes also contain classes or "species" of genetic elements that vary greatly in abundance: DNA transposons, retrotransposons, satellite sequences, simple repeats and their less abundant functional...
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