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Population genomics of transposable element activation in the highly repressive genome of an agricultural pathogen.
Microbial genomics - 1 Aug 2021
Pereira Danilo, Oggenfuss Ursula, McDonald Bruce A, Croll Daniel
Abstract excerpt
The activity of transposable elements (TEs) can be an important driver of genetic diversity with TE-mediated mutations having a wide range of fitness consequences. To avoid deleterious effects of TE activity, some fungi have evolved highly sophisticated genomic defences to reduce TE proliferation across the genome. Repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) is a fungal-specific TE defence mechanism efficiently targeting...
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