Inter-population Differences in Retrogene Loss and Expression in Humans.

Gene retroposition leads to considerable genetic variation between individuals. Recent studies revealed the presence of at least 208 retroduplication variations (RDVs), a class of polymorphisms, in which a retrocopy is present or absent from individual genomes. Most of these RDVs resulted from recen...

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Main Authors: Michał Kabza, Magdalena Regina Kubiak, Agnieszka Danek, Wojciech Rosikiewicz, Sebastian Deorowicz, Andrzej Polański, Izabela Makałowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4608704?pdf=render