[HTML][HTML] Emerging evidence that the mammalian sperm epigenome serves as a template for embryo development

A Lismer, S Kimmins - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Increasing evidence suggests parental environmental stressors can influence offspring
health and disease outcomes. In this perspective, the authors provide an update of the …

[HTML][HTML] Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations

JS Mattick, PP Amaral, P Carninci… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Genes specifying long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) occupy a large fraction of the genomes
of complex organisms. The term 'lncRNAs' encompasses RNA polymerase I (Pol I), Pol II …

[HTML][HTML] Primate-specific transposable elements shape transcriptional networks during human development

J Pontis, C Pulver, CJ Playfoot, E Planet, D Grun… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The human genome contains more than 4.5 million inserts derived from transposable
elements (TEs), the result of recurrent waves of invasion and internal propagation …

A butterfly pan-genome reveals that a large amount of structural variation underlies the evolution of chromatin accessibility

AA Ruggieri, L Livraghi, JJ Lewis, E Evans… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
Despite insertions and deletions being the most common structural variants (SVs) found
across genomes, not much is known about how much these SVs vary within populations and …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of human trophoblast gene expression by endogenous retroviruses

JM Frost, SM Amante, H Okae, EM Jones… - Nature structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
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[HTML][HTML] Mobile element variation contributes to population-specific genome diversification, gene regulation and disease risk

S Kojima, S Koyama, M Ka, Y Saito, EH Parrish… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Mobile element variation contributes to population-specific genome diversification, gene
regulation and disease risk | Nature Genetics Skip to main content Thank you for visiting …

[HTML][HTML] Hijacking of transcriptional condensates by endogenous retroviruses

V Asimi, A Sampath Kumar, H Niskanen… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Most endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in mammals are incapable of retrotransposition;
therefore, why ERV derepression is associated with lethality during early development has …

[HTML][HTML] The regulation of totipotency transcription: Perspective from in vitro and in vivo totipotency

H Xu, H Liang - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Totipotency represents the highest developmental potency. By definition, totipotent stem
cells are capable of giving rise to all embryonic and extraembryonic cell types. In …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionarily recent retrotransposons contribute to schizophrenia

G Modenini, P Abondio, G Guffanti, A Boattini… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile genetic elements that constitute half of the human
genome. Recent studies suggest that polymorphic non-reference TEs (nrTEs) may …

Transposable elements in mammalian chromatin organization

HA Lawson, Y Liang, T Wang - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA elements that comprise almost 50% of
mammalian genomic sequence. TEs are capable of making additional copies of themselves …