Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Patterns of selection in the evolution of a transposable element
J. Dazeniere, A. Bousios, A. Eyre-Walker
The paper introduces a method to study natural selection in transposable elements by analyzing the ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous variants in a TE family, finding strong negative selection in Sirevirus retrotransposons.
DOI 10.1093/g3journal/jkac056