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Selfish genetic element

Selfish genetic elements (historically also referred to as selfish genes, ultra-selfish genes, selfish DNA, parasitic DNA and genomic outlaws) are genetic segments that can enhance their own transmission at the expense of other genes in the genome, even if this has no positive or a net negative effect on organismal fitness. Genomes have traditionally…

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related to Early observations · 21
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related to Current views · 18
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related to Segregation distorters · 18
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related to Transposable elements · 17
Selfish genetic element → Barbara McClintock, Because, Both, DNA, Drosophila, For, It, Many, McClintock, Most, RNA, TE, TEs, The, Transposable, Transposons, When
related to References · 16
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related to Rule 1: Spread requires sex and outbreeding · 14
Selfish genetic element → According, First, Highly, In, Meiosis, Mendel's Law, One, Overall, Second, Segregation, Sexual, The, There, Third
related to Genome-size variation · 11
Selfish genetic element → Arabidopsis, Attempts, C-value, CA Thomas, DNA, However, Norwegian, Picea, The, Transposable, Two
related to Speciation · 10
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related to Conceptual developments · 6
Selfish genetic element → Darwin's, In, It, Since, The, Viewing
related to Logic · 6
Selfish genetic element → Gregory, Hurst, In, John, Though, Werren

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