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Rapid Increase in Genome Size as a Consequence of Transposable Element Hyperactivity in Wood-White (Leptidea) Butterflies

Characterizing and quantifying genome size variation among organisms and understanding if genome size evolves as a consequence of adaptive or stochastic processes have been long-standing goals in evolutionary biology. Here, we investigate genome size variation and association with transposable eleme...

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Autores principales: Talla, Venkat, Suh, Alexander, Kalsoom, Faheema, Dincă, Vlad, Vila, Roger, Friberg, Magne, Wiklund, Christer, Backström, Niclas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5737376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28981642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx163