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Transposable Elements

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Among the most exciting and informative events in the field of genetics was the discovery of elements that are moved relatively freely from one part of the genome to another. Characteristically these are highly repeated sequences in the DNA, a foretaste of which condition has already been provided in connection with the small heterogeneous RNA genes transcribed by DNA-dependent RNA polymerase III (Chapter 3, Section 3.4.1). While the specific genetic consequences of the Alu family discussed there are largely unknown, those transcribed by RNA polymerase II elaborated upon here have frequent and repeatable effects upon the expression of many genes. Indeed, their existence and influences in maize inheritance were reported many years prior to their final acceptance by molecular biologists (McClintock, 1949, 1951), an event that became general only after their DNA sequences made them undeniable realities.

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