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On the Base Composition of Transposable Elements.
International journal of molecular sciences - 26 Apr 2022
Boissinot Stéphane
Abstract excerpt
Transposable elements exhibit a base composition that is often different from the genomic average and from hosts' genes. The most common compositional bias is towards Adenosine and Thymine, although this bias is not universal, and elements with drastically different base composition can coexist within the same genome. The AT-richness of transposable elements is apparently maladaptive because it results in poor...
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