Nels and Vincent discuss the genome sequence of an ancient wooly mammoth, which shows that the three-dimensional architecture of the DNA can persist after 50,000 years.
TWiEVO 16: Breaking in the making of genes
- February 25, 2017
- Tagged as: DNA transposon, evolution, intron, introner, mRNA, nucleosome, picoeukaryote
Nels and Vincent reveal how introns – the parts of pre-mRNAs that are removed by splicing – were generated by DNA transposons in two different picoeukaryotes.
