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Genetic variation of recent Alu insertions in human populations.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Jan 1996
Batzer M A, Arcot S S, Phinney J W, Alegria-Hartman M, Kass D H, Milligan S M, Kimpton C, Gill P, Hochmeister M, Ioannou P A, Herrera R J, Boudreau D A, Scheer W D, Keats B J, Deininger P L, Stoneking M
Abstract excerpt
The Alu family of interspersed repeats is comprised of over 500,000 members which may be divided into discrete subfamilies based upon mutations held in common between members. Distinct subfamilies of Alu sequences have amplified within the human genome in recent evolutionary history. Several individual Alu family members have amplified so recently in human evolution that they are variable as to presence and...
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