title: Selfish genetic elements and plant genome size evolution.
abstract: Plants have contributed extensively to our understanding of selfish genetic elements. Most recently, the sequencing of the Arabis alpina genome shows how the co-evolutionary arms race between transposable elements and the silencing machinery employed to control them may drive the evolution of genome size.
authors: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3B2. Electronic address: arvid.agren@utoronto.ca.
authors: J Arvid
authors: JA
authors: Ågren
authors: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3B2.
authors: Stephen I
authors: SI
authors: Wright
mesh_terms: D031214:Arabis / Q000235:genetics*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D059646:Genome Size; D018745:Genome, Plant
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements
keywords: Arabis alpina; selfish genetic elements; transposable elements