Joint Segmental Duplication Co-option Drives Human-specific Transcriptional Readthrough and Expression Fine-tuning of NPEPPS-TBC1D3
Kaiyue Ma, Zikun Yang, Zhengtong Li, Jingyi Guo, Da Lian, Ziyi Wang, Hongyi Ma, Shilong Zhang, Lianting Fu, Hezheng Lyu, Xinrui Jiang, Qiujin Xie, Guanting Li, Chenhao Yang, Jieyi Chen, , Yafei Mao
The paper identifies a human-specific genomic structure formed by a joint segmental duplication that drives transcriptional readthrough and expression fine-tuning of NPEPPS-TBC1D3.
bioRxiv · Jan 15, 2026 · PreprintGenetics