The Landscape of Stop Codon-Free Regions in Primates: A Reservoir of Proto-Genes
Aswin S Soman, G Shreyasree, Aishwarya Dwivedi, Gayathri Pramod, Chirayu Sakarkar, Dipannita Bhattacharya, Nagarjun Vijay
The paper identifies and characterizes stop-codon-free regions in primate genomes, suggesting they may serve as substrates for de novo gene emergence.
bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2026 · PreprintGenomics