Research projects

-Horizontal gene transfer as a source of evolutionary innovation in metazoans

-Reverse transcriptase-related genes and their biological significance

-Mobile genetic elements in sexual and ancient asexual taxa

-Phylogeography and evolutionary history in genus Rupicapra based on mitochondrial DNA

The Scientist

Jumping genes in bdelloid rotifers are tamped down by DNA methylation performed by an enzyme pilfered from bacteria roughly 60 million years ago, a study finds.

EurekAlert! release on Terminons