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Source gene composition and gene conversion of the AluYh and AluYi lineages of retrotransposons.
BMC evolutionary biology - 14 May 2009
Styles Pamela, Brookfield John F Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alu elements are a family of SINE retrotransposons in primates. They are classified into subfamilies according to specific diagnostic mutations from the general Alu consensus. It is now believed that there may be several retrotranspositionally-competent source genes within an Alu subf...
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