Evolution and consequences of transposable elements.

Abstract:

:Recent studies on transposable elements (TEs) have shed light on the mechanisms that have shaped their evolution. In addition to accumulating nucleotide substitutions over evolutionary time, TEs appear to be especially prone to genetic rearrangements and vertical transmissions across even distantly related species. As a consequence of replicating in host genomes, TEs have a significant mutational effect on their hosts. Although most TE-insertion mutations seem to exert a negative effect on host fitness, a growing body of evidence indicates that some TE-mediated genetic changes have become established features of host species genomes indicating that TEs can contribute significantly to organismic evolution.

journal_name

Curr Opin Genet Dev

authors

McDonald JF

doi

10.1016/0959-437x(93)90005-a

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-12-01 00:00:00

pages

855-64

issue

6

eissn

0959-437X

issn

1879-0380

pii

0959-437X(93)90005-A

journal_volume

3

pub_type

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