Bergerac Strains of C. elegans Revisited: Expansion of Tc1 elements Impose a Significant Genomic and Fitness Cost
A. T. Daigle, T. C. Deiss, R. H. Melde, U. Bergthorsson, V. Katju
The paper analyzes Tc1 transposable element proliferation in Bergerac C. elegans strains, finding higher copy numbers and fitness costs compared to N2 strains.
bioRxiv · Feb 2, 2022Evolutionary Biology