Silencing of Transposable Elements by piRNAs in Drosophila: An Evolutionary Perspective
Transposable elements (TEs) are DNA sequences that can move within the genome. TEs have greatly shaped the genomes, transcriptomes, and proteomes of the host organisms through a variety of mechanisms. However, TEs generally disrupt genes and destabilize the host genomes, which substantially reduce f...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-06-01
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Series: | Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1672022917300815 |