真核生物转座元件与基因组进化

Eukaryotic transposable elements and genome evolution.

作者信息

Finnegan D J

出版信息

Trends Genet. 1989 Apr;5(4):103-7. doi: 10.1016/0168-9525(89)90039-5.

Abstract

The changes in DNA sequence that have taken place during the evolution of eukaryotic genomes cannot be accounted for simply by base substitutions; some more complex mutations must have taken place as well. Transposable elements can affect gene structure and expression in several ways that suggest that they may have contributed to these evolutionary events.

摘要

在真核生物基因组进化过程中发生的DNA序列变化，不能简单地用碱基替换来解释；必然也发生了一些更复杂的突变。转座元件可以通过多种方式影响基因结构和表达，这表明它们可能对这些进化事件有所贡献。