Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Co-option of the lineage-specific LAVA retrotransposon in the gibbon genome
M. Okhovat, K. A. Nevonen, B. Davis…·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.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2006038117