Talk:Selfish DNA

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I don't think that microsatellites are an example of selfish DNA. I don't think that there is a preference for expansions over contractions. In other words, the microsatellite is just as likely to cause its own deletion as cause its own replication. AdamRetchless 18:59, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I agree. I've removed it. -R. S. Shaw 06:21, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Doolittle Credit for Hypothesis

Doesn't Doolittle and Sapienza and Orgel and Crick deserve the credit for the Selfish DNA hypothesis? GetAgrippa 00:03, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Pseudogenes are selfish DNA also.GetAgrippa 01:53, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Oops!! Didn't notice the references.GetAgrippa 02:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)