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Genome evolution: sex and the transposable element
1Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, EH9 3JT, Edinburgh, UK. Stephen.Wright@ed.ac.uk
Current Biology : CB
|May 23, 2001
Abstract:
Mating systems are thought to play an important role in determining the fate of genomic parasites such as transposable elements. This is supported by recent studies which indicate that asexual genomes may be structured very differently to those of sexual species.