Evolutionary transitions in individuality: insights from transposable elements

•Evolutionary transitions in individuality give life its hierarchical structure.•The same principles govern cooperation in the genome as at other levels of life.•Data on transposable elements provides an empirical resource for the study of evolutionary transitions.•These empirical observations may a...

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Published in:	Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 90 - 96
Main Author:	AGREN, J. Arvid
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01-02-2014 Elsevier
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Applied ecology Arabidopsis - genetics Behavior, Animal Biological and medical sciences Biological Evolution Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife DNA Transposable Elements Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects genetic conflicts Genetic Fitness Genome Individuality levels of selection major transitions Reproduction - genetics Selection, Genetic Social Behavior social evolution genetic conflicts major transitions individuality levels of selection social evolution Transition Transposable element
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