Massive colonization of protein-coding exons by selfish genetic elements in Paramecium germline genomes.

Ciliates are unicellular eukaryotes with both a germline genome and a somatic genome in the same cytoplasm. The somatic macronucleus (MAC), responsible for gene expression, is not sexually transmitted but develops from a copy of the germline micronucleus (MIC) at each sexual generation. In the MIC g...

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Main Authors: Diamantis Sellis, Frédéric Guérin, Olivier Arnaiz, Walker Pett, Emmanuelle Lerat, Nicole Boggetto, Sascha Krenek, Thomas Berendonk, Arnaud Couloux, Jean-Marc Aury, Karine Labadie, Sophie Malinsky, Simran Bhullar, Eric Meyer, Linda Sperling, Laurent Duret, Sandra Duharcourt
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8e5fba611f9b49129c2ba90f7930162b
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