Structural heterogeneity and functional convergence of transposable elements
Gleb Yu. Kosovsky, Galina V. Glazko, Tatiana T. Glazko · 2025
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Gleb Kosovsky, Galina Glazko, and Tatiana Glazko compare jumping genes across three mammals, in a study from two thousand twenty-five. Transposable elements fill close to half of mammalian genomes. Their density varies with chromosome rearrangements and with the genes that sit near them.
Humans, cattle, and rabbits were set side by side. The team looked at specific genes with unlike functions and locations, and at the regions that flank those genes. Some gene neighborhoods stay as neighbors across species, while others shuffle. Element frequencies proved species-specific in the data. They were not dictated by gene identity as such. An alpha-thalassemia gene stayed on the X chromosome in each case. The picture is of heterogeneous structures that converge on like functions, as the title puts it.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gleb Yu. Kosovsky, Galina V. Glazko, Tatiana T. Glazko |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |