Retrotransposition, Diversity and the Brain

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gage, Fred H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Christen, Yves (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Σειρά: Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Human Genetics.

Retroelements are ancient mobile DNA found in most organisms. Long dismissed as useless, selfish or "junk" DNA, they were thought to be mere intracellular parasites from our distant evolutionary past. Together with their mutant relatives, L1 sequences constitute almost 50% of the mammalian...

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