Transposable element recruitments in the mammalian placenta: impacts and mechanisms

Transposon-mediated rewiring of gene regulatory networks contributed to the evolution of pregnancy in mammals

(2011) Vincent J Lynch et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A syncytin-like endogenous retrovirus envelope gene of the guinea pig specifically expressed in the placenta junctional zone and conserved in Caviomorpha

(2011) C. Vernochet et al.   PLACENTA

Origins, evolution, and phenotypic impact of new genes

(2010) H. Kaessmann   GENOME RESEARCH

DNA Methylation-mediated Down-regulation of DNA Methyltransferase-1 (DNMT1) Is Coincident with, but Not Essential for, Global Hypomethylation in Human Placenta

(2010) Boris Novakovic et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Evolution of Genomic Imprinting: Insights from Marsupials and Monotremes

(2009) Marilyn B. Renfree et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Endogenous retroviral LTRs as promoters for human genes: A critical assessment

(2009) Carla J. Cohen et al.   GENE

Syncytin-A knockout mice demonstrate the critical role in placentation of a fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, envelope gene

(2009) A. Dupressoir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Review: Human Endogenous Retroviruses and the Placenta

(2009) Jun Sugimoto et al.   Reproductive Sciences

Identification of an endogenous retroviral envelope gene with fusogenic activity and placenta-specific expression in the rabbit: a new "syncytin" in a third order of mammals

(2009) Odile Heidmann et al.   Retrovirology

Stepwise Modification of a Modular Enhancer Underlies Adaptation in a Drosophila Population

(2009) M. Rebeiz et al.   SCIENCE

Role of retrotransposon-derived imprinted gene, Rtl1, in the feto-maternal interface of mouse placenta

(2008) Yoichi Sekita et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Transposable elements and the evolution of regulatory networks

(2008) Cédric Feschotte   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS