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Functional impact of the human mobilome.
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Jun 2013
Babatz Timothy D, Burns Kathleen H
Abstract excerpt
The human genome is replete with interspersed repetitive sequences derived from the propagation of mobile DNA elements. Three families of human retrotransposons remain active today: LINE1, Alu, and SVA elements. Since 1988, de novo insertions at previously recognized disease loci have been shown to generate highly penetrant alleles in Mendelian disorders. Only recently has the extent of germline-transmitted...
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