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Peppered moth adaptation

A textbook example of rapid evolution where a transposon insertion in the *cortex* gene led to black-winged morphs in industrial-era England. This case highlights transposons’ role in driving immediate, adaptive genetic change.

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How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution

Half of our genome is made of transposons — snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But they’re more than parasites or genetic junk. The post How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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