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- Title
Mobile elements: drivers of genome evolution.
- Authors
Kazazian, Haig H, Jr
- Abstract
Mobile elements within genomes have driven genome evolution in diverse ways. Particularly in plants and mammals, retrotransposons have accumulated to constitute a large fraction of the genome and have shaped both genes and the entire genome. Although the host can often control their numbers, massive expansions of retrotransposons have been tolerated during evolution. Now mobile elements are becoming useful tools for learning more about genome evolution and gene function.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2004, Vol 303, Issue 5664, p1626
- ISSN
1095-9203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.1089670