Chez Charles/ biblio/ Transposon-mediated rewiring of gene regulatory networks contributed to the evolution of pregnancy in mammals. Edit RecentChanges History Preferences Branchable Lynch VJ, Leclerc RD, May G, Wagner GP. Nat Genet. 2011 Sep 25;43(11):1154-9. doi: 10.1038/ng.917 “1,532 genes were recruited into endometrial expression in placental mammals, indicating that the evolution of pregnancy was associated with a large-scale rewiring of the gene regulatory network. About 13% of recruited genes are within 200 kb of a Eutherian-specific transposable element (MER20).”