Transcendent Elements: Whole-Genome Transposon Screens and Open Evolutionary Questions

Table 2.

Host Responses to Transposons

Host response Example Reference
DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling SINEs in H. sapiens Athila-like TEs in A. thaliana Greally 2002 Okamoto and Hirochika 2001
dsRNA-mediated silencing Tc1 in C. elegans Ketting et al 1999
Stress response of host defenses Tntl in N. tabacum Capy 2000

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