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Selfish genetic element: History, Culture, Technology & Applications

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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Selfish genetic element topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Culture, Technology and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around Selfish genetic element.

Related topics
67
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
74
Extracted relationships
153
Concept neighborhoods
21
Bridge connections
74

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 29 topics
Examples · 16 topics
Overview · 7 topics
Consequences to the host · 6 topics
Logic · 4 topics
Applications in agriculture and biotechnology · 3 topics
Transposable elements · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Logic

Examples

Transposable elements

Consequences to the host

Applications in agriculture and biotechnology

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Selfish genetic element connects Entity context

The extracted context around Selfish genetic element shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Selfish genetic element → Already, American, Around, Barbara McClintock, Crucially, Discussing, Drosophila, For, Gunnar, Marcus Rhoades, Medicine, Nobel Prize, Observations, Physiology, Russian, Sergey Gershenson, Similarly, Species, Swedish, The Another extracted example is Selfish genetic element → Austin Burt, DNA, Finally, First, If, In, John, John Tooby, Leda Cosmides, Rice, Robert Trivers, Second, The, Then, This, Werren, While, William. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Selfish genetic element

Top relations

related to Early observations · 21
Selfish genetic element → Already, American, Around, Barbara McClintock, Crucially, Discussing, Drosophila, For, Gunnar, Marcus Rhoades, Medicine, Nobel Prize, Observations, Physiology, Russian, Sergey Gershenson, Similarly, Species, Swedish, The
related to Current views · 18
Selfish genetic element → Austin Burt, DNA, Finally, First, If, In, John, John Tooby, Leda Cosmides, Rice, Robert Trivers, Second, The, Then, This, Werren, While, William
related to Segregation distorters · 18
Selfish genetic element → Any, Drosophila, Many, Ran-GAP, Responder, Rsp, RSPinsensitive, Rspsensitive, SD, SD-RSPinsensitive, Segregation, Some, Such, Systems, The, The SD-RSPsensitive, When, X-linked
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
Selfish genetic element → Andrew, Arvid, CC BY, Clark, ISSN, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, November, PLOS Genetics, PMC, PMID, Selfish, This, Wikidata Q59508983, Wikisource-logo
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
Selfish genetic element → An, Bateson, Dobzhansky, Drosophila, However, If, Muller, Selfish, The, This
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

Important terminology

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Important terminology

elements selfish genetic genome genes gene population fitness transposable chromosomes segregation species example transmission evolution drive one genomes sex also

Selfish genetic element relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 153 structured relationships around Selfish genetic element. Examples in this analysis include Selfish genetic element → related to Conceptual developments → The and Selfish genetic element → related to Conceptual developments → In. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Conceptual developmentsThe0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Conceptual developmentsIn0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Conceptual developmentsDarwin's0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Conceptual developmentsIt0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Conceptual developmentsSince0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Conceptual developmentsViewing0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Current viewsIf0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Current viewsDNA0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Current viewsLeda Cosmides0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Current viewsJohn Tooby0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Current viewsThe0.60section
Selfish genetic elementrelated to Current viewsThen0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Selfish genetic element bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Selfish, Elements and Element. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Transposable
    • Dna
    • Papers
    • Selection
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    • Population
    • Transmission
    • Example
  • selfish genetic element
    • Selfish
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    • Genetic
    • Transposable
    • Dna
    • Papers
    • Population
    • Selection
    • Evolution
    • First
  • b chromosomes
    • Sex
    • Segregation
    • Distortion
    • Population
    • Species
    • Transposable
    • Spread
    • Gene
    • Two
    • First
    • Drive
    • Genetic
  • intragenomic conflict
    • Plants
    • Mitochondrial
    • Genes
    • Genomes
    • Imprinting
    • Two
    • Genomic
    • Evolution
    • Genome
    • One
    • Allele
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  • transposable elements
    • Selfish
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    • Dna
    • Papers
    • Element
    • Genomes
    • Genome
    • Host
    • Selection
    • Fitness
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  • the selfish gene
    • Drive
    • Element
    • Transposable
    • Papers
    • Selection
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    • Population
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    • Transmission
    • Example
  • genomic imprinting
    • Imprinting
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    • Conflict
    • One
    • Many
    • Example
    • First
    • Sex
    • Transposable
    • Selfish
    • Gene
    • Allele
  • genetic transmission process
    • Selfish
    • Elements
    • Population
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    • Example
    • Fitness
    • Dna
    • Allele
    • Evolution
    • Spread
    • View

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Selfish genetic element, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Selfish genetic element with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Selfish genetic element — History · splits 45 ⟂ 30
Selfish genetic element — Examples · splits 58 ⟂ 17
Selfish genetic element — Overview · splits 67 ⟂ 8
Selfish genetic element — Consequences to the host · splits 68 ⟂ 7
Selfish genetic element — Logic · splits 70 ⟂ 5
Selfish genetic element — Applications in agriculture and biotechnology · splits 71 ⟂ 4
Selfish genetic element — Transposable elements · splits 72 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Selfish genetic element

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples153
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Selfish genetic element to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Culture, Technology & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Selfish genetic element · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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