Co-option of the lineage-specific LAVA retrotransposon in the gibbon genome
M. Okhovat, K. A. Nevonen, B. Davis, P. Michener, S. Ward, M. Milhaven, L. Harshman, A. Sohota, J. D. Fernandes, S. R. Salama, R. J. O'Neill, N. Ahituv, K. R. Veeramah, L. Carbone
This study investigates the role of the lineage-specific LAVA retrotransposon in gibbon gene regulation, finding it overlaps with enhancer chromatin states and is associated with gene expression and selection.
bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2020Evolutionary Biology