Tag Archive for 'Transposon'

The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Image credit: Joseph C. Boone / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scientists Decode Genomes of Leafy and Weedy Seadragons

Jun 28, 2022 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of Oregon and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has sequenced the genomes of two living seadragon...

Petrosino et al. corroborate the hypothesis that LINE elements might be active and functionally important in the central nervous system of highly intelligent organisms such as octopuses. Image credit: Albert Kok / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Study: Same ‘Jumping Genes’ are Active in Octopus and Human Brains

Jun 28, 2022 by News Staff

‘Jumping genes,’ also known as transposons or transposable elements, widely contribute to the evolution of genomes allowing genomic innovations. These...

Representative Bruguiera gymnorhiza trees in the river side population (left) and the oceanside population (right) along the Okukubi River, the Okinawa main island, Japan. Scale bars - 1 m. Image credit: Miryeganeh et al., doi: 10.1111/nph.17738.

Mangrove Tree Genome Sequenced

Oct 26, 2021 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and University College London has decoded the genome of...

Latimeria chalumnae off Pumula on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, South Africa, on November 22, 2019. Image credit: Bruce Henderson, doi: 10.17159/sajs.2020/7806.

Coelacanths Are Not ‘Living Fossils,’ New Study Shows

Feb 10, 2021 by News Staff

The primitive-looking coelacanth has long been regarded as a ‘living fossil,’ with extant specimens looking very similar to fossils dating back to...

Philippine tarsiers (Tarsius syrichta). Image credit: JT Lim Majuro / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scientists Sequence Tarsier Genome

Oct 6, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of researchers from the United States and Germany today reports having sequenced and annotated the genome of the Philippine tarsier....

The Korean melon (Cucumis melo L. var. makuwa). Image credit: D. Hutchman / CC BY 2.0.

New Study Reveals Genomic Architecture of Melon Genome

Jul 15, 2015 by News Staff

A team of genetic researchers from Italy and Spain has completed the first comprehensive analysis of the genomes of seven melon varieties. The Korean melon...