Evolutionary Advantage of Diversity-Generating Retroelements in Switching Environments
Léo Régnier, Francesco Amoroso, Paul Rochette, Raphaël Laurenceau, David Bikard, Simona Cocco, Rémi Monasson
The paper quantifies the fitness gain of DGR diversification compared to standard mutagenesis and identifies when DGR activation is evolutionarily favored.
Physical Review Letters · Oct 26, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology