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    Retrotransposons (also called Class I transposable elements) are mobile elements which move in the host genome by converting their transcribed RNA into...
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    LTR retrotransposons are class I transposable elements (TEs) characterized by the presence of long terminal repeats (LTRs) directly flanking an internal...
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  • Retrotransposon markers are components of DNA which are used as cladistic markers. They assist in determining the common ancestry, or not, of related...
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  • The Ty5 is a type of retrotransposon native to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae organism. Ty5 is one of five endogenous retrotransposons native to the model...
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    and then self propagating throughout the genome, much like a virus. Retrotransposons are a subset of transposable elements that use an RNA intermediate...
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    Retrotransposon Gag like 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RTL3 gene. This gene is a member of a family of gag-related retrotransposon genes...
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  • Metaviridae is a family of viruses which exist as Ty3-gypsy LTR retrotransposons in a eukaryotic host's genome. They are closely related to retroviruses:...
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  • Cer6 is a LTR retrotransposon that is described from sequencing data in the chromosome III of C. elegans. LTR retrotransposons are class I transposable...
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    living organism. There are at least two classes of TEs: Class I TEs or retrotransposons generally function via reverse transcription, while Class II TEs or...
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    another retrotransposon. Retrotransposons can be transcribed into RNA, which are then duplicated at another site into the genome. Retrotransposons can be...
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    is also supported by morphological and DNA sequence data as well as retrotransposon presence/absence data. As opposed to "fowl", "poultry" is a term for...
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    families. Most of these findings have been independently validated by retrotransposon presence/absence data. Classification systems based on molecular studies...
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    PMC 2442710. PMID 16728595. Goodier JL, Kazazian HH (October 2008). "Retrotransposons revisited: the restraint and rehabilitation of parasites". Cell. 135...
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    transcriptase. Many retrotransposons also exhibit replicative transposition. Retrotransposons are present exclusively in eukaryotes. Retrotransposons consist of...
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  • other viroid-like elements may derive from this newly found class of retrotransposon. The human pathogen hepatitis D virus is a subviral agent similar in...
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    viruses such as HIV and hepatitis B to replicate their genomes, by retrotransposon mobile genetic elements to proliferate within the host genome, and...
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    1126531. PMC 2442710. PMID 16728595. Goodier JL, Kazazian HH (2008). "Retrotransposons revisited: the restraint and rehabilitation of parasites". Cell. 135...
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    from their RNA; these DNA copies are then transcribed to new RNA. Retrotransposons also spread by copying DNA and RNA from one another, and telomerase...
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    genomes on either end of a series of genes or pseudogenes that form a retrotransposon or an endogenous retrovirus or a retroviral provirus. All retroviral...
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    Retrotransposon Gag Like 6 is a protein encoded by the RTL6 gene in humans. RTL6 is a member of the Mart family of genes, which are related to Sushi-like...
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    raimondii. Part of the difference in size is due to the amplification of retrotransposons (GORGE). After both diploid genomes are assembled, they would be used...
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    "A high-quality apple genome assembly reveals the association of a retrotransposon and red fruit colour". Nature Communications. 10 (1). Nature Genetics:...
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  • Nucleotide Polymorphism SNP Allele Specific Associated Primers ASAP Inverse Sequence-tagged Repeats ISTR Inter-retrotransposon Amplified Polymorphism IRAP...
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    Horizontal gene transfer Genomic island Transposable element Class I or retrotransposon Class II or DNA transposon Plasmid Fertility Resistance Col Degradative...
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    University announced the discovery of a mobile genetic unit called a retrotransposon, responsible for the various merle mutations in dogs. Merle can be...
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    their own family—the Meleagrididae—but a recent genomic analysis of a retrotransposon marker groups turkeys in the family Phasianidae. In 2010, a team of...
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    size. The Laurasiatheria clade is based on DNA sequence analyses and retrotransposon presence/absence data. The superorder originated on the northern supercontinent...
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  • yet-to-be-discovered function. Transposons and retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements. Retrotransposon repeated sequences, which include long interspersed...
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    different between the two types of apples. One of these indels is an LTR retrotransposon called redTE, located in the Hanfu apple genome upstream of MbMYB1...
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  • is a database of Long terminal repeat-retrotransposons for the rice genome. Long terminal repeat Retrotransposon Rice Chaparro, Cristian; Guyot Romain;...
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