Group II introns encode highly structured, frequently self-splicing RNAs; they are also mobile genetic elements. This mobility has been found to involve DNA-primed reverse transcription, with similarities to retrotransposition and telomere maintenance.

Nearly 50% of the human genome is composed of fossils from the remains of past transposable element duplication. Mobilization continues in the genomes of extant humans but is now restricted to retrotransposons, a class of mobile elements that move via a copy and paste mechanism. Currently active retrotransposable elements include Long INterspersed Elements (LINEs), Short INterspersed Elements (...

Integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) are a class of bacterial mobile elements that have the ability to mediate their own integration, excision, and transfer from one host genome to another by a mechanism of site-specific recombination, self-circularisation, and conjugative transfer. Members of the SXT/R391 ICE family of enterobacterial mobile genetic elements display an unusual UV-inducible ...

Mobile elements represent a unique and under-utilized set of tools for molecular ecologists. They are essentially homoplasy-free characters with the ability to be genotyped in a simple and efficient manner. Interpretation of the data generated using mobile elements can be simple compared to other genetic markers. They exist in a wide variety of taxa and are useful over a wide selection of tempo...

Recent research shows that significant energy can be saved by using mobile elements (ME)for data gathering in wireless sensor networks. The major drawback of this approach is the low movement speed of MEs which limits them to gather data from all sensor nodes with time constraints. This paper presents a data gathering algorithm called Minimum Mobile Elements Routing with Deadline (M2ERD). The g...