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Tangram: a comprehensive toolbox for mobile element insertion detection.
BMC genomics - 16 Sept 2014
Wu Jiantao, Lee Wan-Ping, Ward Alistair, Walker Jerilyn A, Konkel Miriam K, Batzer Mark A, Marth Gabor T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mobile elements (MEs) constitute greater than 50% of the human genome as a result of repeated insertion events during human genome evolution. Although most of these elements are now fixed in the population, some MEs, including ALU, L1, SVA and HERV-K elements, are still actively duplicating. Mobile element insertions (MEIs) have been associated with human genetic disorders, including Crohn's disease,...
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