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Mobile DNA – novel insights into DNA rearrangement
In recent years, the impact of mobile genetic elements which can ‘jump’ from one genomic location to another, and in doing so bring about genetic recombination and genome reorganization, has been revealed.
A new journal that launches today, Mobile DNA, will publish articles that provide novel insight into the mechanisms and regulation of these mobile elements, and also the implications of the genetic rearrangements for cellular function and organism evolution.
The first published articles include a launch Editorial from the Editors-in-Chief, several research articles, and a review of how discoveries into the mechanisms of mobile DNA have informed evolutionary theory in the 21st century.
Mobile DNA launches with Professors Nancy Craig, Thomas Eickbush and Daniel Voytas as Editors-in-Chief. An international Editorial Board, comprised of leading researchers in the field, supports them.
In the words of co-Editor-in-Chief Dan Voytas "Mobile DNA provides a unique forum for researchers to communicate their latest findings on mobile elements – from mechanistic insights to evolutionary impacts.” To keep up to date with the latest publications, register with Mobile DNA to receive regular updates and journal news, or follow our RSS feed.
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