@article{Nowell2021-02-05Evolu-53378,
  year={2021},
  doi={10.7554/eLife.63194},
  title={Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements in bdelloid rotifers},
  volume={10},
  journal={eLife},
  author={Nowell, Reuben W. and Wilson, Christopher G. and Almeida, Pedro and Schiffer, Philipp H. and Fontaneto, Diego and Becks, Lutz and Rodriguez, Fernando and Arkhipova, Irina R. and Barraclough, Timothy G.},
  note={Article Number: e63194}
}

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