Orangutan Alu quiescence reveals possible source element: support for ancient backseat drivers
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Date Issued
2012Author
Walker, Jerilyn A.Konkel, Miriam K.
Ullmer, Brygg
Monceaux, Christopher P.
Ryder, Oliver A.
Hubley, Robert
Smit, Arian FA
Batzer, Mark A.
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Mobile DNAVolume
3Issue
1Start page
8
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Sequence analysis of the orangutan genome revealed that recent proliferative activity of Alu elements has been uncharacteristically quiescent in the Pongo (orangutan) lineage, compared with all previously studied primate genomes. With relatively few young polymorphic insertions, the genomic landscape of the orangutan seemed like the ideal place to search for a driver, or source element, of Alu retrotransposition.Type
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Copyright © 2012, Springer Natureae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/1759-8753-3-8
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