Transposons and Mobile Genetic Elements

Transposable elements, retrotransposons, and their roles in genome evolution and regulation.


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Transposons and Mobile Genetic Elements addresses transposable elements, retrotransposons, and their roles in genome evolution and regulation. As a subfield of molecular biology, it sits within the broader biology branch of the Charted science tree and connects upward to the methodological themes of its parent area.

A more detailed frontier sourcing pass for this topic is deferred to a follow-up OpenAlex wave; the current sources include Watson, Molecular Biology of the Gene, each kept as a placeholder anchor for the next iteration. See the parent topic (biology/molecular-biology) for the wider context this page will eventually slot into.

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Sources

  • textbook · primary · 2014
    Molecular Biology of the Gene
    watson-james-2014, baker-tania-2014, bell-stephen-2014, gann-2014, levine-michael-2014, losick-2014

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