About this post
Source
Author
Date
4:29 PM | January 17, 2013
Language
English
Categories
URL
Citation
Within our DNA are the remains of thousands, maybe millions, of genetic nomads. They once roamed free through the landscape of our genomes; now most are silenced and still, unable to move. These are the ‘jumping genes’, or ‘transposable elements’ to give them their proper name; curious stretches of mobile DNA. Almost 50% of our [...]
Mitra, R., Li, X., Kapusta, A., Mayhew, D., Mitra, R., Feschotte, C. & Craig, N. (2012). Functional characterization of piggyBat from the bat Myotis lucifugus unveils an active mammalian DNA transposon, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110 (1) 234-239. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217548110
Tags
Comments
Log in to leave a comment
