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Curr. Biol. 29 (7) R241-R243 [2019-04-01; online 2019-04-03]
Transposable elements (TEs) heavily influence genome size variation between organisms. A new study on larvacean tunicates now shows that even non-autonomous TEs - small TEs that parasitize the enzymatic machinery of large, autonomous TEs - can have a large impact on genome size.
PubMed 30939304
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.032
Crossref 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.032
pii: S0960-9822(19)30202-7