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Retrotransposons

A class of transposons that replicate by transcribing their DNA into RNA, reverse-transcribing it into DNA, and reinserting it elsewhere in the genome. They are virus-like and can dramatically expand a genome’s size over evolutionary time.

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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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