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ReviewDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2016

The impact of transposable elements on mammalian development.

Jose L Garcia-Perez, Thomas J Widmann, Ian R Adams

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Review in Development (Cambridge, England), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers.

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107citing papers in PubMed
38.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

107 citing papers in PubMed, 222 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jose L Garcia-PerezMedical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK jose.garcia-perez@igmm.ed.ac.uk ian.adams@igmm.ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-8132-9849
Thomas J WidmannDepartment of Genomic Medicine, GENYO, Centre for Genomics & Oncology (Pfizer - University of Granada & Andalusian Regional Government), PTS Granada, Avda. de la Ilustración 114, Granada 18016, Spain.
Ian R AdamsMedical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK jose.garcia-perez@igmm.ed.ac.uk ian.adams@igmm.ed.ac.uk.
Western General Hospital · GBPfizer-University of Granada-Junta de Andalucía Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research · ES

Funding

European Research CouncilHoward Hughes Medical InstituteMedical Research Council MC_PC_U127580973Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite often being classified as selfish or junk DNA, transposable elements (TEs) are a group of abundant genetic sequences that have a significant impact on mammalian development and genome regulation. In recent years, our understanding of how pre-existing TEs affect genome architecture, gene regulatory networks and protein function during mammalian embryogenesis has dramatically expanded. In addition, the mobilization of active TEs in selected cell types has been shown to generate genetic variation during development and in fully differentiated tissues. Importantly, the ongoing domestication and evolution of TEs appears to provide a rich source of regulatory elements, functional modules and genetic variation that fuels the evolution of mammalian developmental processes. Here, we review the functional impact that TEs exert on mammalian developmental processes and discuss how the somatic activity of TEs can influence gene regulatory networks.

Indexed as

AnimalsDNA Transposable ElementsEvolution, MolecularGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic VariationGrowth and DevelopmentHumansMammalsDNA Transposable ElementsEndogenous retrovirusGenetic variationGenome regulationLINE-1Retrotransposon

Identifiers

PMID27875251
PMCPMC5830075
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