Polymorphism near the rat prolactin gene caused by insertion of an Alu-like element.

doi:10.1038/305159a0

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Polymorphism near the rat prolactin gene caused by insertion of an Alu-like element.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Schuler L A, Weber J L, Gorski J

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Primate Alu and rodent Alu-like elements comprise major families of mammalian small dispersed repetitive DNAs. These elements are repeated more than 10(5) times per haploid genome and are found between known genes, in introns and in satellite DNA. Their dispersion throughout the genome and the pr...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Base Sequence
DNA
DNA Transposable Elements
Polymorphism, Genetic
Prolactin
Rats

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