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Diamonds and rust: how transposable elements influence mammalian genomes
Author(s) -
Moran John V.,
Malik Harmit S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2009.248
Subject(s) - transposable element , retrotransposon , genome , biology , dna transposable elements , evolutionary biology , genetics , dna , genome evolution , gene
Once dismissed as junk DNA, transposable elements have played a major role in shaping mammalian genomes. Moran and Malik discuss many of the latest discoveries reported at a recent meeting, with a particular focus on DNA transposon and LTR‐retrotransposon biology.