The RAG transposon is active through the deuterostome evolution and domesticated in jawed vertebrates.
J. R. Morales Poole, S. F. Huang, A. L. Xu, J. Bayet, P. Pontarotti
The paper shows the RAG transposon was active throughout deuterostome evolution and was domesticated in jawed vertebrates to form the V(D)J recombinase.
bioRxiv · Mar 17, 2017Immunology