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A new study reveals how transposable elements (TEs) expanded gene regulation during brain evolution, shaping modern neural ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence supporting a mechanism in which transposable elements (TEs), once considered ...

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A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as "junk" plays a crucial role in the earliest moments of life. The research, ...

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Sankey diagram illustrating the inferred functions of TE-proximal genes. The width of connections between each vertical block represents the gene count, delineating GO term classifications associated ...

Regarded historically as genomic parasites, transposable elements (TEs) have now been recognized as significant contributors to cellular identity and function, especially in immune regulation.