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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4608704?pdf=render |