Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41576-026-00951-5In this Journal Club, Emilie Brasset highlights a 1995 publication by Prud’homme et al., who designed a clever genetic assay to identify a gene important for TE silencing, which provided a crucial foundation for later studies to unravel the underlying mechanisms.

Background The ability to deposit histone H3K27-trimethyl (me3) marks is essential for transcriptional repression by Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2). This is largely attributed to Polycomb repres...

Dans une étude publiée dans le journal Genome Biology, les scientifiques de l’Unité de Ressources Génomiques info – URGI (INRAE/UPSaclay, Versailles) se sont intéressés au rôle des éléments transposables (ETs) dans l’adaptation des organismes à leur environnement. Les ETs, qui peuvent s’insérer i...

Background The role of transposable elements (TEs) in host adaptation has gained interest in recent years. Individuals of the same species undergo independent TE insertions, providing genetic variabil...

Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous components of the genome whose mobility can be triggered by environmental stress and influenced by genotype…

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Background Transposable elements (TEs) are widespread mobile DNA sequences that shape genome structure, function, and evolution. Although automated tools exist for the de novo identification and class...

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Open database of transposable elements and repetitive DNA families