Modelling segmental duplications in the human genome
Abstract Background Segmental duplications (SDs) are long DNA sequences that are repeated in a genome and have high sequence identity. In contrast to repetitive elements they are often unique and only sometimes have multiple copies in a genome. There are several well-studied mechanisms responsible f...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-07-01
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Series: | BMC Genomics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07789-7 |