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Analysis of the human Alu Ye lineage.
BMC evolutionary biology - 22 Feb 2005
Salem Abdel-Halim, Ray David A, Hedges Dale J, Jurka Jerzy, Batzer Mark A
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BACKGROUND: Alu elements are short (approximately 300 bp) interspersed elements that amplify in primate genomes through a process termed retroposition. The expansion of these elements has had a significant impact on the structure and function of primate genomes. Approximately 10 % of the mass of the human genome is comprised of Alu elements, making them the most abundant short interspersed element (SINE) in our...
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