Octopus Intelligent Brains Has Same Set of Transposable Element in Humans

Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) Neurobiology Sector specialist and lead author of the research Remo Sanges explained in the institute's press release that the discovery of the LINE genome group in a couple of octopus species is important for us to confirm that these jumping genes have essential functions more than copy and paste. 

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