ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2017
Transposable Element Domestication As an Adaptation to Evolutionary Conflicts.
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- Positive Selection Targeted Primate Genes that Encode Transposable Element Repressors.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Transposable elements contribute substantially to naturally occurring genetic lethality in Drosophila melanogaster.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- Arms races between selfish genetic elements and their host defence in termites.Nature communications · 2026Article
- A reference-free pipeline for detecting shared transposable elements from pan-genomes to retrace their dynamics in a species.Genome biology · 2026Article
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- The impact of environmental exposures on the epigenomic and transcriptomic landscape of transposable elements.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- The highly diverse repertoire of transposable elements within the genomes of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).Mobile DNA · 2025Article
- Polymorphic insertions of DcSto miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements reveal genetic diversity structure within the cultivated carrot.Journal of applied genetics · 2025Article
- The retrotransposon-derived capsid genes PNMA1 and PNMA4 maintain reproductive capacity.Nature aging · 2025Article
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- Widespread impact of transposable elements on the evolution of post-transcriptional regulation in the cotton genus Gossypium.Genome biology · 2025Article
- MOSTPLAS: a self-correction multi-label learning model for plasmid host range prediction.Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Evolutionary Nonindependence Between Human piRNAs and Their Potential Target Sites in Protein-Coding Genes.Journal of molecular evolution · 2025Article
- From the genome's perspective: Bearing somatic retrotransposition to leverage the regulatory potential of L1 RNAs.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Transposable elements (TEs) are selfish genetic units that typically encode proteins that enable their proliferation in the genome and spread across individual hosts. Here we review a growing number of studies that suggest that TE proteins have often been co-opted or 'domesticated' by their host as adaptations to a variety of evolutionary conflicts. In particular, TE-derived proteins have been recurrently repurposed as part of defense systems that protect prokaryotes and eukaryotes against the proliferation of infectious or invasive agents, including viruses and TEs themselves. We argue that the domestication of TE proteins may often be the only evolutionary path toward the mitigation of the cost incurred by their own selfish activities.
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