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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"evolution, transposable elements"”.
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Observing and quantifying transposable element activity inside living cells
Evolution is driven by the activity of transposable elements, ‘jumping genes’ that are ubiquitous to all life forms. To study their dynamics in higher resolution, transposable elements were genetically engineered for tunable expression inside living cells, then tracked in real time using …
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Mammalian-wide interspersed repeats (MIRs) and their role in mammalian gene function and evolution
Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous components of plant and animal genomes and constitute more than ~45% of the human genome. Though originally considered as 'parasitic' or 'junk' DNA, TEs are now thought to have played a role in shaping genomes during evolution, contributing to genome …
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Fluctuations and response in complex biological systems: Watching stochastic evolutionary and ecological pattern dynamics
… experimentalists at UIUC, we have observed how evolution acts on variation in time, space, and genome locus by imaging live cells with fluorescent reporters that allow us to track transposon dynamics. Transposons, also known as ""jumping genes,"" are found in all organisms and have activity that …