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Molecular evolution of two lineages of L1 (LINE-1) retrotransposons in the california mouse, Peromyscus californicus.
Genetics - 1 Sept 1998
Casavant N C, Lee R N, Sherman A N, Wichman H A
Abstract excerpt
The large number of L1 [long interspersed elements (LINE)-1] sequences found in the genome is due to the insertion of copies of the retrotransposon over evolutionary time. The majority of copies appear to be replicates of a few active, or "master" templates. A continual replacement of master templates over time gives rise to lineages distinguishable by their own unique set of shared-sequence variants. A previous...
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