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Ancient Mechanism For Mammalian Evolution

01-20-2012 • arclein

The retro-transposon's copy-and-paste behaviour has long been considered totally self-serving. However, the study showed that when a retro-transposon containing a CTCF-binding sequence spreads around a mammal's genome, it can deposit functional CTCF binding sites in novel locations, altering the activity of distant genes.

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Reported By robert klein

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