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Recent Spread of a Retrotransposon in the Silene latifolia Genome, Apart From the Y Chromosome |
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| Authors: | Dmitry A Filatov Elaine C Howell Constantinos Groutides and Susan J Armstrong |
| Abstract: | Transposable elements often accumulate in nonrecombining regions, such as Y chromosomes. Contrary to this trend, a new Silene retrotransposon described here, has spread recently all over the genome of plant Silene latifolia, except its Y chromosome. This coincided with the latest steps of sex chromosome evolution in this species. |
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