Sunday, June 23, 2013

Ancient cis-regulatory constraints and the evolution of genome architecture

Ancient cis-regulatory constraints and the evolution of genome architecture: Manuel Irimia, Ignacio Maeso, Scott W. Roy, Hunter B. Fraser.



  • Conserved gene order reveals constraints on cis-regulation and genome architecture.
  • Hundreds of local gene associations have been conserved since the origin of animals.
  • Constraints include coregulation and the formation of multigenic regulatory blocks.
  • Establishment and disruption of regulatory blocks are highly dynamic in evolution.
  • No conserved regulatory blocks have been found so far in non-animal eukaryotes.

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