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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Main Authors: Eldar T. Abdullaev, Iren R. Umarova, Peter F. Arndt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
SDs
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07789-7