Nozhat T. Hassan

This study expands the known distribution of R2 retrotransposons across animal taxa, identifies new avian candidates, and reveals lineage-specific structural and functional diversity.

The paper characterizes CR1-group retrotransposons across chordates, revealing new phylogenetic relationships, older origins, and novel elements, along with horizontal transfer events.

The paper reports cryo-EM structures of A-clade R2 retrotransposon proteins during key steps of transgene insertion and identifies features contributing to their selectivity and function.

The paper identifies that GTF2IRD2 misannotates DNA transposons in non-mammalian species, leading to errors in phylogenetic analysis and gene regulation studies.