PIVOTAL. “The discovery of the pivotal contribution of TEs to the evolution of the Xist gene prompts the question on a possible general role of TEs in the evolution of lincRNAs.” (lincRNA = long intergenic non-coding RNA; TE = transposable elements; Xist = (X-inactive specific transcript) is an RNA gene on the X chromosome of the placental mammals).
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