Population genetics of active transposable elements: overdispersion arises naturally from transposition-deletion-selection balance

Active transposable element (TE) families often show overdispersion (variance greater than the mean), which is in contrast to the predictions of classical Poisson-based models and related theories built on the same approximation.

Active transposable element (TE) families often show overdispersion (variance greater than the mean), which is in contrast to the predictions of classical Poisson-based models and related theories built on the same approximation. To address this gap, we develop a diploid…