Transposons Increase Transcriptional Complexity: The Good Parasite?

Joachim M. Surm; Yehu Moran

doi:10.1016/j.tig.2021.03.009

Transposons Increase Transcriptional Complexity: The Good Parasite?

Joachim M. Surm
, Yehu Moran

Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior (EEB)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Abstract

A recent study by Cosby et al. sheds light on the role of transposons in the adaptive evolution of their hosts. These genetic elements were thought to be largely deleterious. However, when coupled with alternative splicing, there appears to be an exponential increase in the diversity of proteins encoded, which display novel functions and are conserved by natural selection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	606-607
Number of pages	2
Journal	Trends in Genetics
Volume	37
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2021.03.009
State	Published - Jul 2021

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