Re-reading a excellent paper by @ariskatzourakis on Maverick/Polinton mobile elements:

Phylogenomics of the Maverick Virus-Like Mobile Genetic Elements of Vertebrates

Nicely underscores the emerging importance of large DNA transposons/EVEs in eukaryotic evolution

"We conclude that vertebrate Mavericks form an ancient lineage of aquatic dsDNA viruses which are probably still functional in some vertebrate lineages."

academic.oup.com/mbe/article/3…

#transposons #genetics #evolution

Phylogenomics of the Maverick Virus-Like Mobile Genetic Elements of Vertebrates

Abstract. Mavericks are virus-like mobile genetic elements found in the genomes of eukaryotes. Although Mavericks encode capsid morphogenesis homologs, their vi

^{Barreat, Jose Gabriel Nino (Oxford University Press)}