Transposons are ubiquitous in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms and are major
determinants of genome structure. Transposition—the movement of discrete segments of …

Retroposition and retrogenes gain increasing attention as recent studies show that they play
an important role in human new gene formation. Here we examined the patterns of …

Abstract Background LINE-1 (L1) is the dominant autonomously replicating non-LTR
retrotransposon in mammals. Although our knowledge of L1 evolution across the tree of life …

Although the DD41D (named as Visitor, VS) family of Tc1/mariner transposons was
discovered in Arthropods and Mollusca, the evolution profile of this family is still largely …

The genomic landscape of transposable elements (TEs) varies dramatically across species,
with some TEs demonstrating greater success in colonizing particular lineages than others …

The systematic comparison of genomic sequences from different organisms represents a
central focus of contemporary genome analysis. Comparative analyses of vertebrate …

Duplicated genes frequently evolve at different rates. This asymmetry is evidence of natural
selection's ability to discriminate between the 2 copies, subjecting them to different levels of …

Since their discovery, a growing body of evidence has emerged demonstrating that
transposable elements are important drivers of species diversity. These mobile elements …

The factors guiding retrotransposon insertion site preference are not well understood.
Different types of retrotransposons share common replication machinery and yet occupy …

Endogenous retroviruses are ubiquitous in the vertebrate genomes. On occasion, hosts
recruited retroviral genes to mediate their own biological functions, a process formally …