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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A transposon copied from RNA with the use of reverse transcriptase.
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- noun genetics A
transposable fragment of agenome that can undergoretrotransposition
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Rapid amplification of a retrotransposon subfamily is evolving the mouse genome.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Rapid amplification of a retrotransposon subfamily is evolving the mouse genome.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Rapid amplification of a retrotransposon subfamily is evolving the mouse genome.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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I'd also point out that the delectable S A Smith overeggs her cake by claiming, 'retroelements are just dandy for phylogenetic analysis', what the paper she cites actually says is, 'The presence of a retrotransposon at a single locus in multiple taxa remains an extremely powerful phylogenetic marker, but caution is required before concluding that the existence of a particular SINE at a particular locus in multiple individuals is indicative of common ancestry'.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Transcriptional disruption by the L1 retrotransposon and implications for mammalian transcriptomes.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Transcriptional disruption by the L1 retrotransposon and implications for mammalian transcriptomes.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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This could occur during the migration of a retrotransposon, or when a virus incompletely inserts its genome into the cellular genome.
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Transcriptional disruption by the L1 retrotransposon and implications for mammalian transcriptomes.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Transcriptional disruption by the L1 retrotransposon and implications for mammalian transcriptomes.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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One of the mechanisms for the movement of genes is the so-called retrotransposable element, or retrotransposon.
Human Evolution: It's all in the testes - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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“That was incredibly fortuitous,” Morrison says, because she found a “massive activation” of a subset of jumping genes known as retrotransposons in the spleen’s bloodmaking cells and to a lesser extent in bone marrow where blood is typically made.
Pregnancy wakes up viruslike ‘jumping genes’ to help make extra blood
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