Reading between the LINEs to see into the past

David A. Ray; Roy N. Platt; Mark A. Batzer

doi:10.1016/j.tig.2009.09.006

Reading between the LINEs to see into the past

David A. Ray, Roy N. Platt, Mark A. Batzer

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Abstract

Transposable elements (TEs) are an important source of genome diversity and play a crucial role in genome evolution. A recent study by Zhao et al. describes novel patterns of TE diversification in the genome of the extinct mammoth Mammuthus primigenius. Analysis of Mammuthus has provided a unique genome landscape, a pivotal species for understanding TEs and genome evolution and hints at the diversity we verge on discovering by expanding our taxonomic sampling among genomes. Strategies based on this work might also revolutionize investigations of the interface between TE dynamics and genome diversity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	475-479
Number of pages	5
Journal	Trends in Genetics
Volume	25
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2009.09.006
State	Published - Nov 2009

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