| ▲ | pazimzadeh 6 hours ago | |
Seems par for the course since our adaptive immune system is based on an old viral/transposon recombinase. Transposon Molecular Domestication and the Evolution of the RAG Recombinase https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6494689/ Here is the actual study: Escape of the BC200 gene to a human poxvirus reveals its persistent transposition in primates | ||
| ▲ | shevy-java 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Is VDJ recombination based on viruses or transposons? It's the first time I hear this. Can't yet say much about it until I can verify that. | ||