Transposable elements drive the evolution of genome streamlining
B. van Dijk, F. Bertels, L. Stolk, N. Takeuchi, P. B. Rainey
The paper shows that transposable elements can drive genome streamlining in prokaryotes through horizontal gene transfer and rock-paper-scissors dynamics, despite being maladaptive to individual cells.
bioRxiv · May 29, 2021Evolutionary Biology