10.5061/DRYAD.848KS
Jalasvuori, Matti
Australian National University
University of Jyväskylä
Lehtonen, Jussi
Australian National University
Data from: Virus epidemics can lead to a population-wide spread of
intragenomic parasites in a previously parasite-free asexual population
Dryad
dataset
2014
Genomics/Proteomics
Evolutionary theory
Host Parasite Interactions
transposons
endogenous viruses
2014-01-07T16:18:07Z
2014-01-07T16:18:07Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12662
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In a recent issue of Molecular Ecology the role of intragenomic parasites
in maintaining sexual reproduction was both experimentally evaluated by
Kraaijeveld et al. and discussed by Crespi and Schwander. The prevalence
of sex is difficult to explain, due to its costs when compared with
asexual reproduction. Yet, as reviewed by Crespi and Schwander, sex can be
favorable in the presence of proliferating transposons. Transposons are
similar to mutations, in that their integration to non-neutral loci is
likely to have deleterious effects, and sexual recombination provides a
potential mechanism to confine their accumulation.
Endogenous_retroviruses_simulatorA simulator program that can be used to
simulate endogenous viruses and their accumulation in genomes within
asexual and sexual populations.DefaultsDefault values for the simulator.