Human-like telomeres in Zostera marina reveal a mode of transition from the plant to the human telomeric sequences
V. Peska, M. Matl, T. Mandakova, D. Vitales, P. Fajkus, J. Fajkus, S. Garcia
The paper identifies human-like telomeres in Zostera marina, proposes a mechanism for their evolution from plant-type sequences, and introduces a mechanistic model for this transition.
bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2020Evolutionary Biology