Horizontal transfer and evolution of transposable elements in vertebrates
oleh: Hua-Hao Zhang, Jean Peccoud, Min-Rui-Xuan Xu, Xiao-Gu Zhang, Clément Gilbert
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-03-01 |
Deskripsi
Horizontal transfer (HT) and evolution of transposable elements (TEs) has rarely been quantified on a large scale. Here, the authors screen 307 vertebrate genomes and infer 975 HT events (93% in ray-finned fishes); all TEs involved in HT evolve within genomes under purifying selection, as do most retrotransposons.