title: Why rodent pseudogenes refuse to retire.
abstract: A new study in this issue of Genome Biology sheds light on why some pseudogenes persist in rodent, and other mammalian, genomes.
authors.forename: Manyuan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D006801:Humans; D011544:Pseudogenes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger