<it>Crypton </it>transposons: identification of new diverse families and ancient domestication events

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>"Domestication" of transposable elements (TEs) led to evolutionary breakthroughs such as the origin of telomerase and the vertebrate adaptive immune system. These breakthroughs were accomplished by the adaptation of molecul...

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Main Authors: Kojima Kenji K, Jurka Jerzy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:Mobile DNA
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Online Access:http://www.mobilednajournal.com/content/2/1/12