Why do we have so many different transcripts?

IF 7.2 1区生物学 Q1 Agricultural and Biological Sciences

PLoS Biology Pub Date : 2026-03-20 eCollection Date: 2026-03-01 DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.3003686

Laurence D Hurst

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Abstract

While it is tempting to suppose that everything that happens inside our cells has a function, a recent study in PLOS Biology adds to the growing consensus that, for large-bodied species, the high diversity of transcripts is down to the fact that accidents happen.

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为什么我们有这么多不同的抄本？

虽然人们很容易认为，我们细胞内发生的一切都有其功能，但最近发表在《公共科学图书馆·生物学》（PLOS Biology）上的一项研究增加了越来越多的共识，即对于大型物种来说，转录本的高度多样性归因于意外发生的事实。

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PLoS Biology BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY-BIOLOGY

CiteScore

15.40

自引率

2.00%

发文量

359

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

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