title: One genome's junk is another's garbage.
abstract: Experiments on a single-celled ciliate reveal how mobile genetic elements can shape a genome, even one which is not transcriptionally active.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, United States.
authors.forename: Lydia J
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7185-9988
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Bright
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, United States.
authors.forename: Douglas L
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0285-3344
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Chalker
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D016678:Genome; D016808:Tetrahymena thermophila / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D016054:DNA, Protozoan
keywords: Tetrahymena thermophila; centromere; chromosome breakage; chromosomes; evolutionary biology; genes; genetic rearrangement; genomics; internal eliminated sequence; transposable element