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发帖数: 632 | 2 Mobile genetic elements
MGEs are non-essential (accessory) genomic elements composed of genes and
structural features that facil- itate their spread both within and between
organisms (Doolittle and Sapienza, 1980; Orgel and Crick, 1980). They are
found in the genomes of all prokaryotes and eukaryotes. MGEs share many
features and often share a common ancestry with viruses. The main difference
is that viruses are usually capable of extracellular persis- tence.
MGEs, including defective forms, are... 阅读全帖 |
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