Transposons Identified as Likely Cause of Undiagnosed Diseases
Transposons Identified as Likely Cause of Undiagnosed Diseases
A tool for identifying jumping gene insertions in DNA sequencing data turns up possible explanations for four patients’ rare developmental disorders.
Transposons Identified as Likely Cause of Undiagnosed Diseases
Transposons Identified as Likely Cause of Undiagnosed Diseases

A tool for identifying jumping gene insertions in DNA sequencing data turns up possible explanations for four patients’ rare developmental disorders.

A tool for identifying jumping gene insertions in DNA sequencing data turns up possible explanations for four patients’ rare developmental disorders.

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Taming the Transposon Hordes
Taming the Transposon Hordes
Ruth Williams | Dec 31, 2018
Researchers repurpose the CRISPR machinery to turn whole classes of transposable elements on or off.
Jumping Genes Inactivated with CRISPR in Pigs
Jumping Genes Inactivated with CRISPR in Pigs
Shawna Williams | Aug 10, 2017
The study could pave the way for transplanting porcine organs to humans without the risk of reigniting endogenous retroviruses.
Clyde A. Hutchison III: Genome Sequencer and Synthetic Biologist
Clyde A. Hutchison III: Genome Sequencer and Synthetic Biologist
Anna Azvolinsky | Jul 31, 2016
From sequencing bacteriophages to synthesizing bacterial genomes to defining a minimal genome
A Movable Defense
A Movable Defense
Eugene V. Koonin and Mart Krupovic | Dec 31, 2014
In the evolutionary arms race between pathogens and hosts, genetic elements known as transposons are regularly recruited as assault weapons for cellular defense.
A Long Line of LINEs
A Long Line of LINEs
Kate Yandell | Aug 31, 2014
Different mechanisms repress mobile DNA elements in human embryonic stem cells depending on the elements’ evolutionary ages.
Newly ID’d Transposons Involve Cas
Newly ID’d Transposons Involve Cas
Kerry Grens | May 27, 2014
Researchers uncover a group of mobile genetic elements in bacteria and archaea encoding a Cas enzyme.
Schizophrenia’s Jumping Genetics
Schizophrenia’s Jumping Genetics
Jef Akst | Jan 6, 2014
Researchers find evidence that transposable elements, also known as jumping genes, may contribute to the development of the psychiatric disorder.
Genomes Gone Wild
Genomes Gone Wild
Megan Scudellari | Dec 31, 2013
Weird and wonderful, plant DNA is challenging preconceptions about the evolution of life, including our own species.
In Evolution's Garden
In Evolution's Garden
Megan Scudellari | May 31, 2013
Raising one evolutionary question after another, Brandon Gaut has harvested a crop of novel findings about how plant genomes evolve.