title: Selfish DNA and Epigenetic Repression Revisited.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Basel, CH-4058, Switzerland susan.gasser@fmi.ch.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gasser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D020868:Gene Silencing; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000235:genetics*; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008745:Methylation; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D006570:Heterochromatin; D006657:Histones
keywords: genome instability; heterochromatin; repeat elements