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Retrocopy contributions to the evolution of the human genome

BACKGROUND: Evolution via point mutations is a relatively slow process and is unlikely to completely explain the differences between primates and other mammals. By contrast, 45% of the human genome is composed of retroposed elements, many of which were inserted in the primate lineage. A subset of re...

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Autores principales: Baertsch, Robert, Diekhans, Mark, Kent, W James, Haussler, David, Brosius, Jürgen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2584115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18842134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-9-466