Mapping a Clan of Mobile Selfish Genes
Classic examples of “selfish genes,” Alu retrotransposons are gradually changing human DNA by making copies of themselves and “jumping” to new locations.
24-Oct-2008 -
Much of human DNA is the genetic equivalent of e-mail spam: short repeated sequences that have no obvious function other than making more of themselves. After starting out in our primate ancestors 65 million years ago, one type of repetitive DNA called an Alu retrotransposon now takes up 10 ...
biochemistry
breast cancer
chromosomes
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