There is more movement in our genome than we think. Almost half of the human genome consists of transposons—short DNA ...

In addition, these jumping genes have motifs for binding sites of so-called transcription factors, which are important for the function of enhancers," explains Dr. Malte Simon, one of the first ...

Transposable elements (TEs), also known as "jumping genes" or transposons, are sequences of DNA that move (or jump) from one location in the genome to another. Maize geneticist Barbara McClintock ...

Originally believed to be junk DNA, jumping genes are now known to perform critical regulatory functions, but are regularly silenced, meaning they stop moving. This results in a stabilized cell. Yale ...

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. "Jumping genes" are one cause of mutations, but cells try and combat them with a specialized RNA called piRNA.

'Jumping genes' are one cause of mutations, but cells try and combat them with a specialized RNA called piRNA. Researchers have identified how the sites responsible for piRNA production evolve ...

Because jumping genes are shared by humans and octopuses, they may be good candidates for future research on intelligence and how it develops and varies between individuals within a species, ...

T he tale of the peppered moth (Biston betularia) is, quite literally, a textbook story of adaptive evolution.Back in the early 19th century, only one form of these now-iconic moths was known: a light ...

With approximately 500,000 L1 jumping genes, accounting for 17% of the human genome, they have long been recognized for their contribution to the evolution of the human species by introducing ...

Admittedly, this doesn’t exactly prove that one jumping gene caused us to lose our tails. Without a time machine to take us back 15 million years (with a DNA sequencing machine in tow), we can ...

Jumping genes, called transposons, can “copy and paste” themselves and impact the organism. Most organisms have some repeated parts of their DNA, some of which are jumping genes, ...