A team at Sinai Medical Center in Canada discovered that a key process in early human development is regulated by a type of DNA fragment that can move in the genome — a transpon. New research has revealed that so-called “selfish DNA” actually plays an important role in early human development, which is a big departure from previous views that they only replicate themselves. The research results were published in “Developmental Cells” on the 15th.

A team at Sinai Medical Center in Canada discovered that a key process in early human development is regulated by a type of DNA fragment that can move in the genome — a transpon. New research has revealed that so-called “selfish DNA” actually plays an important role in early human development, which is a big departure from previous views that they only replicate themselves. The research results were published in “Developmental Cells” on the 15th.