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A population genetics theory for piRNA-regulated transposable elements.
Theoretical population biology - 1 Apr 2023
Tomar Siddharth S, Hua-Van Aurélie, Le Rouzic Arnaud
Abstract excerpt
Transposable elements (TEs) are self-reproducing selfish DNA sequences that can invade the genome of virtually all living species. Population genetics models have shown that TE copy numbers generally reach a limit, either because the transposition rate decreases with the number of copies (transposition regulation) or because TE copies are deleterious, and thus purged by natural selection. Yet, recent empirical...
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