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SUBMITTER: Le Rouzic A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2148297 | biostudies-other | 2007 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Le Rouzic Arnaud A Boutin Thibaud S TS Capy Pierre P
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20071126 49
Transposable elements are often considered parasitic DNA sequences, able to invade the genome of their host thanks to their self-replicating ability. This colonization process has been extensively studied, both theoretically and experimentally, but their long-term coevolution with the genomes is still poorly understood. In this work, we aim to challenge previous population genetics models by considering features of transposable elements as quantitative, rather than discrete, variables. We also d ...[more]