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Eduardo Rocha Profile picture
Eduardo Rocha
@epcrocha
Evolution, microbiology, genomics, bioinformatics. Opinions are mine (and they may change).
Sep 20, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Systems defending microbes (#CRISPR, R-M, etc) from #phages and other mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are increasingly found in MGEs themselves (within cellular genomes). So, who's defending whom from what? An essay ecoevorxiv.org/zuh4c 1/5 Why are there so many defense systems in each genome? It's reasonable to think that they allow multi-layered diverse defenses from phages. But what if they are mostly the result of the multiplicity of MGEs in genomes? 2/5