Large inverted duplications in the human genome form via a fold-back mechanism.

Inverted duplications are a common type of copy number variation (CNV) in germline and somatic genomes. Large duplications that include many genes can lead to both neurodevelopmental phenotypes in children and gene amplifications in tumors. There are several models for inverted duplication formation...

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Main Authors: Karen E Hermetz, Scott Newman, Karen N Conneely, Christa L Martin, Blake C Ballif, Lisa G Shaffer, Jannine D Cody, M Katharine Rudd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3907307?pdf=render