The evolution of transposable elements in natural populations of self-fertilizing Arabidopsis thaliana and its outcrossing relative Arabidopsis lyrata.

BMC Evol Biol · 2010 · PMC2837042 · PMID 20067644

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a slight trendno p-value reported

Thus, in considering individual populations - as opposed to 'species-wide' samples - there is a slight trend toward lower population frequencies of TEs in A. lyrata , consistent with the notion that selection against TEs is stronger in the outcrosser.

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