Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Han G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6544945 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mobile DNA 20190531
<h4>Background</h4><i>Helitrons</i> play an important role in shaping eukaryotic genomes due to their ability to transfer horizontally between distantly related species and capture gene fragments during the transposition. However, the mechanisms of horizontal transfer (HT) and the process of gene fragment capturing of <i>Helitrons</i> still remain to be further clarified.<h4>Results</h4>Here, we characterized a novel <i>Helitron</i> family discontinuously distributed in 27 out of 256 insect geno ...[more]