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RT @craibiologia: 🔬"Characterization of an eutherian gene cluster generated after transposon domestication identifies Bex3 as relevant for…
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🔬"Characterization of an eutherian gene cluster generated after transposon domestication identifies Bex3 as relevant for advanced neurological functions" Enrique Navas-Pérez, Cristina Vicente-García, et al. #RecercaCRAIBiologiaUB 👉 Article: https://t.co/eg
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Transposons, "jumping genes", are usually passive hitchhikers in the genome. But analysis of mouse and human genome data shows that a transposon integrated into the genome of an ancestral placental mammal, forming a gene cluster important for CNS function.