Evolutionary BiologyG3 Genes Genomes GeneticsPeer-reviewed
Starship giant transposable elements cluster by host taxonomy using kmer-based phylogenetics
Rowena Hill, Daniel P. Smith, Gail Canning…·Mark McMullan
The paper uses kmer-based phylogenetics to classify Starship transposable elements and finds they cluster by host taxonomy, suggesting horizontal transfer is less common across larger evolutionary distances.
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