Molecular BiologyBMC BiologyPeer-reviewed
Long-term experimental evolution reveals purifying selection on piRNA-mediated control of transposable element expression
Ulfar Bergthorsson, Caroline J. Sheeba, Anke Konrad…·Peter Sarkies
This study shows that natural selection in C. elegans maintains low TE expression, with increased TE expression observed in smaller populations due to reduced silencing efficiency.
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