Horizontal transfers of <it>Mariner</it> transposons between mammals and insects
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Active transposable elements (TEs) can be passed between genomes of different species by horizontal transfer (HT). This may help them to avoid vertical extinction due to elimination by natural selection or silencing. HT is relatively...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Mobile DNA |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mobilednajournal.com/content/3/1/14 |