title: Selfish genes, the phenotype paradigm and genome evolution.
abstract: Natural selection operating within genomes will inevitably result in the appearance of DNAs with no phenotypic expression whose only 'function' is survival within genomes. Prokaryotic transposable elements and eukaryotic middle-repetitive sequences can be seen as such DNA's and thus no phenotypic or evolutionary function need be assigned to them.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D012641:Selection, Genetic
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004247:DNA