The Evolution of Small-RNA-Mediated Silencing of an Invading Transposable Element
E. S. Kelleher, R. B. R. Azevedo, Y. Zheng
This study uses simulations to show that small-RNA-mediated repression of transposable elements evolves rapidly in response to genomic invasion and fitness costs.
bioRxiv · Apr 7, 2018Evolutionary Biology