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Germline-limited transposon remnants foster somatic genome diversification

2025-11-03

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Transposable elements are mobile DNA sequences that propagate within genomes, often with deleterious effects on host fitness. Some organisms excise transposons from their somatic genomes via programmed DNA elimination yet paradoxically retain them in their germline. The evolutionary rationale for this selective retention remains poorly understood. To address this, we first set out to develop a germline enrichment...

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Literature Corpus work: 60e465d5-825b-5132-af6d-a262908ae221
DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.02.686105

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