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genome defense hypothesis: a standalone construct

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the proposal that DNA methylation evolved mainly to silence transposable elements and other intragenomic parasites.

In genomics, genome defense hypothesis refers to the proposal that DNA methylation evolved mainly to silence transposable elements and other intragenomic parasites. This meaning comes from Yoder (1997) in Trends in Genetics.[1]

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References

Yoder, J. A., Walsh, C. P., & Bestor, T. H. (1997). Cytosine methylation and the ecology of intragenomic parasites. Trends in Genetics, 13(8), 335-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-9525(97)01181-5

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