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Oct 2026
The “mobile bricks” of human evolution: how transposable elements shaped human phenotypes
Far from being “junk” and devoid of function, transposable elements have been identified as players in genomes evolution and regulation, and are also used as valuable genetic markers to study population differentiation. Here we present a detailed review on how transposons participated in human evolution: from adaptat...
Giorgia Modenini, Paolo Abondio
· Frontiers in Genetics · 0 citations