Animal, Plant, & Fungal Genomes Have Streamlined Over Time
Let’s face it: humans are kinda narcissistic. For those of us who are evolutionarily-minded, as such we have a tendency to envision ourselves as lying at the pinnacle of eukaryotic […]
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A New Study Reports that Microexon Expression May Be Misregulated in Autism
What is a microexon? The explanation may be slightly complex for those not familiar with the basics of genetics, so I’ll review a bit. First off, a gene is a […]
Alu Transposable Elements and the Human Genome
For those not familiar, transposable or mobile elements are segments of DNA that have, or at one time had, the potential for moving about the genome. This occurs either via […]
Our Latest Study: The Link between Mobile Element Content and Autism-risk Genes
“An extremely large number of genes have been associated with autism. The functions of these genes span numerous domains and prove challenging in the search for commonalities underlying the conditions. […]
The Forgotten Intron…
Let’s face it. Exons get all the glory. They’re the star players of the game, the quarterbacks, the offensive line. Meanwhile, introns and other intergenic regions play a more defensive […]
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