Selfish DNA: the ultimate parasite - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1980 Apr 17;284(5757):604-7.

doi: 10.1038/284604a0.

• PMID: 7366731
• DOI: 10.1038/284604a0

Selfish DNA: the ultimate parasite

L E Orgel et al. Nature. 1980.

Abstract

The DNA of higher organisms usually falls into two classes, one specific and the other comparatively nonspecific. It seems plausible that most of the latter originates by the spreading of sequences which had little or no effect on the phenotype. We examine this idea from the point of view of the natural selection of preferred replicators within the genome.

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