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Mobile DNA that copies itself through RNA fills nearly half the human genome
A Quanta survey traces jumping genes from Barbara McClintock's speckled corn kernels to the retrovirus-like sequences that make up much of the human genome. It treats host and transposon as long-term coevolutionary partners.
Publishers:quantamagazine.org
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