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Ancient Persistence and Newfound Diversity of CR1-Group Retrotransposons Across Vertebrates.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Jul 2026
Stuart Alexander J, Du Zhenglong, Hassan Nozhat T, Adelson David L
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Retrotransposons are mobile, repetitive DNA sequences that are ubiquitous across eukaryotes and widely recognized as key drivers of both gene and genome evolution. The CR1 group of retrotransposons is thought to have been present in the most recent common ancestor of vertebrates ∼560 Ma and is the dominant retrotransposon in the majority of vertebrate species. The advent of long-read sequencing technologies has...
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