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    A transposable element (TE), also transposon, or jumping gene, is a type of mobile genetic element, a nucleic acid sequence in DNA that can change its...
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  • existence of transposable elements, which are now recognized to be among the most successful selfish genetic elements. The discovery of transposable elements...
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  • Ac/Ds transposable controlling elements was the first transposable element system recognized in maize. The Ac Activator element is autonomous, whereas...
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  • Insertion element (also known as an IS, an insertion sequence element, or an IS element) is a short DNA sequence that acts as a simple transposable element. Insertion...
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  • their own, while nonautonomous ones require the presence of another transposable element's gene, transposase, to move. There are three main classifications...
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    the center of the transposable element. This results in two recombinant duplexes containing the semi conserved transposable element flanked by the previous...
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    In linear algebra, the transpose of a matrix is an operator which flips a matrix over its diagonal; that is, it switches the row and column indices of...
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    events could correlate with the distribution and diversification of transposable element families. Jurka’s Erdős number is 3, tracing a collaboration path...
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  • into a cell's genome. It is built upon the natural PiggyBac (PB) transposable element (transposon), enabling the back and forth movement of genes between...
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    studies show that the switch from light to dark coloration is due to a transposable element insertion into the first intron of the gene cortex . An example of...
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     menadoensis contain multiple species-specific insertions, indicating transposable element recent activity and contribution to post-speciation genome divergence...
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  • Replicative transposition is a mechanism of transposition in molecular biology, proposed by James A. Shapiro in 1979, in which the transposable element is duplicated...
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    combine to form Exafroplacentalia or Notolegia. Updated analysis of transposable element insertions around the time of divergence strongly supports the fourth...
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    transcriptase Reverse transcriptase-related cellular gene Ribozyme Spiegelman's Monster Tandem repeat Transposable element Retroposon Transpoviron Xenobot...
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    fossil members of the taxa), the non-coding regions subject to higher transposable element activity show marked divergence even between the two extant coelacanth...
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  • Tc1/mariner (redirect from Tc1 element)
    found in. The classification does extend to other species. This transposable element is known for its uncanny ability to be transmitted horizontally in...
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  • double-strand breaks. The role of transposable elements in ectopic recombination is an area of active inquiry. Transposable elements—repetitious sequences...
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    of the genomes of many eukaryotes. A retrotransposon is a transposable element that transposes through an RNA intermediate. Retrotransposons are composed...
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  • below the human range of hearing Insertion sequence, a short DNA transposable element Intersex, an organism with sex characteristics neither exclusively...
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    David, CN; Steele, RE; Martínez, DE (2019). "Expansion of a single transposable element family is associated with genome-size increase and radiation in the...
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    melanism mutation has been shown to be due to the insertion of a transposable element into the first intron of the cortex gene, resulting in an increase...
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    transcriptase Reverse transcriptase-related cellular gene Ribozyme Spiegelman's Monster Tandem repeat Transposable element Retroposon Transpoviron Xenobot...
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    transcriptase Reverse transcriptase-related cellular gene Ribozyme Spiegelman's Monster Tandem repeat Transposable element Retroposon Transpoviron Xenobot...
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  • An obelisk is a microscopic genetic element that consists of a type of infectious agent composed of RNA. Described as "viroid-like elements," obelisks...
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  • promoters in humans contain transposed elements. This is of particular interest in light of the fact that most transposable elements in humans are no longer...
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    PiggyBac Transposable Element Derived 5 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PGBD5 gene. PGBD5 is a DNA transposase related to the ancient PiggyBac...
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    trophies or profits. Non-human animals are also an important cultural element of human evolution, having appeared in cave arts and totems since the earliest...
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    species. However, polyploidization is associated with an increase in transposable element content and relaxed purifying selection on recessive deleterious...
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    Peter L.; Jones, Peter A. (11 August 2020). "DNA methylation enables transposable element-driven genome expansion". Proceedings of the National Academy of...
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    (October 1982). "A virus mutant with an insertion of a copia-like transposable element". Nature. 299 (5883): 562–4. Bibcode:1982Natur.299..562M. doi:10...
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