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Investigating Host Tolerance to Genes that Jump – Mirage News
Parasites jump onto sperm and egg cells to replicate in the next generation, a process that can devastate an egg or sperm cell. Photo courtesy:…
Parasites jump onto sperm and egg cells to replicate in the next generation, a process that can devastate an egg or sperm cell. Photo courtesy: Pexels
Evolutionary geneticist Erin Kelleher, associate professor of biology and biochemistry at the University of Houston, has been awarded $1.8 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to conduct her research on “jumping genes.”
Within your genome, or entire set of genes, 50% is composed of transposable elements. For the non-s…
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