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A toxin-antidote selfish element increases fitness of its host

Selfish genetic elements can promote their transmission at the expense of individual survival, creating conflict between the element and the rest of the genome. Recently, a large number of toxin-antidote (TA) post-segregation distorters have been identified in non-obligate outcrossing nematodes. The...

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Autores principales: Long, Lijiang, Xu, Wen, Valencia, Francisco, Paaby, Annalise B, McGrath, Patrick T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10629817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37874324
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81640