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Do interactions between different Selfish Genetic Elements matter?

Jonathan Wilson1, Nina Wedell1

  • 1School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
|June 18, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Selfish genetic elements (SGEs) like transposable elements (TEs) conflict with host genomes. This study explores how different SGEs interact within genomes, impacting genome evolution.

Keywords:
Wolbachiacoevolutionecology of the genomeintra-genomic conflictselfish genestransposable elements

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