For more than three decades, researchers studying genomes have relied on foundational resources such as Repbase and, more ...

Transposable elements are discrete DNA sequences capable of moving from one genomic location to another, and they play a central role in the acquisition and spread of antibiotic resistance genes.

Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors, according to a new study from Duke University. The findings, published in PLOS Biology, ...