Transposable elements: genome innovation, chromosome diversity, and centromere conflict

Savannah J. Klein1, Rachel J. O’Neill1
1Institute for Systems Genomics and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA

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