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Relaxed purifying selection in autopolyploids drives transposable element over-accumulation which provides variants for local adaptation

Authors :
Pierre Baduel
Leandro Quadrana
Ben Hunter
Kirsten Bomblies
Vincent Colot
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2019.

Abstract

Why transposable elements (TEs) accumulate in polyploids and the evolutionary implications remain unclear. Here, the authors show that following whole genome duplication, relaxed purifying selection is the main driver of TE over-accumulation, which provides variants for rapid local adaptation.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8f77e8841cba4ea080e3124cc900ae6f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13730-0