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selfish genetic element: a standalone construct

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Genetics

a sequence that spreads by favouring its own transmission even when it gives the organism no benefit.

In genetics, selfish genetic element refers to a sequence that spreads by favouring its own transmission even when it gives the organism no benefit. This meaning comes from Werren (2011) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Werren, J. H. (2011). Selfish genetic elements, genetic conflict, and evolutionary innovation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(supplement_2), 10863-10870. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1102343108

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