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Relaxed purifying selection in autopolyploids drives transposable element over-accumulation which provides variants for local adaptation
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2019.
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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 :
- Science
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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