December 6, 2012
All Day
111 Parks Hall, 500 W. 12th Ave.
Event Host: Department of Molecular Genetics
A Molecular Genetics Seminar with Dr. Keith Slotkin
Transposable elements are stretches of DNA that can duplicate or move from one location in the genome to another. Their ability to replicate has resulted in transposable elements occupying vast amounts of most eukaryotic genomes, including nearly half of the human genome. Although often overlooked or dismissed as “junk DNA”, transposable elements have played an important role in the structure and evolution of the eukaryotic genome.
