Transposable elements drive the evolution of metazoan zinc finger genes
Jonathan N. Wells, Ni‐Chen Chang, John McCormick, Caitlyn Coleman, Nathalie Ramos, Bozhou Jin, Cédric Feschotte
This study shows that transposable elements drive the evolution of metazoan zinc finger genes through genomic conflict, with ZNFs binding TEs and repressing them during early development.
Genome Research · Aug 1, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics