Multiple massive domestication and recent amplification of Kolobok superfamily transposons in the clawed frog Xenopus

Abstract Background DNA transposons are generally destroyed by mutations and have short lifespans in hosts, as they are neutral or harmful to the host and therefore not conserved by natural selection. The clawed frog Xenopus harbors many DNA transposons and certain families, such as T2-MITE, have ex...

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Published in:Zoological Letters
Main Authors: Akira Hikosaka, Seigo Konishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Subjects:
Xenopus laevis
Xenopus tropicalis
DNA transposon
Kolobok
T2-MITE
Transposase
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-018-0100-4

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