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Frequency of Alu insertions within the ACE and PR loci in Northwestern Mexicans.
BMC research notes - 27 Jul 2017
Navarrete Hilda P, Soler Linda H, Mares Rosa E, Ramos Marco A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Presently, non-LTR retrotransposons are the most active mobile elements in the human genome. Among these, Alu elements are highly represented in the modern population. Worldwide, distribution of Alu polymorphisms (insertion/deletion; I/D) shows variability between different populations. Two Alu insertion loci, ACE and PR, are significant biomarkers that have served in several genotype-phenotype...
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