Reading between the LINEs to see into the past.
Trends Genet
; 25(11): 475-9, 2009 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-19837475
ABSTRACT
Transposable elements (TEs) are an important source of genome diversity and play a crucial role in genome evolution. A recent study by Zhao et al. describes novel patterns of TE diversification in the genome of the extinct mammoth Mammuthus primigenius. Analysis of Mammuthus has provided a unique genome landscape, a pivotal species for understanding TEs and genome evolution and hints at the diversity we verge on discovering by expanding our taxonomic sampling among genomes. Strategies based on this work might also revolutionize investigations of the interface between TE dynamics and genome diversity.
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Assunto principal:
Elementos de DNA Transponíveis
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Elementos Nucleotídeos Longos e Dispersos
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Mamíferos
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
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Article