Mobile elements in the human genome: implications for disease
Perhaps as much as two-thirds of the mammalian genome is composed of mobile genetic elements ('jumping genes'), a fraction of which is still active or can be reactivated. By their sheer number and mobility, retrotransposons, DNA transposons and endogenous retroviruses have shaped our genot...
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| Format: | Online |
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BioMed Central
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3392758/ |