SOME ARE AUTONOMOUS. “Analogously to known transposable elements, Polintons exist as autonomous and nonautonomous elements. Our data suggest that Polintons have evolved from a linear plasmid that acquired a retroviral integrase at least 1 billion years ago.” Or, put another way: some are self-governed and self-reproducing mobile and ancient parasitic genes.
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linkedin post 2022-06-29 05:12:48
Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022