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A non-LTR retroelement extinction in Spermophilus tridecemlineatus.
Gene - 25 May 2012
Platt Roy N, Ray David A
Abstract excerpt
The typical mammalian genome is dominated by two types of transposable elements (TEs), the autonomous and non-autonomous non-LTR retrotransposons, i.e. LINEs and SINEs, and with few exceptions there is a sole active LINE family (L1). During an ongoing investigation of TEs in rodents we determined that overall transposon activity has been steadily declining in Spermophilus tridecemlineatus. More specifically, the...
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