Matt Beaumont
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PhD student at the Vienna Institute of Population Genetics. Working on transposable elements and their invasion dynamics.
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Matt Beaumont
@mbeaum.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Rapid emergence of non-autonomous elements may stop P-element invasions in the absence of a piRNA-based host defence
Author summary Transposable elements (TEs) are short, self-replicating DNA sequences found in nearly all genomes. While they can be harmful to their hosts, many organisms have evolved defence systems,...
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