DNA transposons mediate duplications via transposition-independent and -dependent mechanisms in metazoans
Transposons are accepted as evolutionary catalysts but how they do so remains less clear. Analyzing 100 animal genomes finds that terminal inverted repeat-type transposable elements catalyze new gene structures and new genes in animals via both transposition-independent and -dependent mechanisms.
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Nature Portfolio
2021-07-01
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Schriftenreihe: | Nature Communications |
Online Zugang: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24585-9 |