Directly accessing de novo L1 retrotransposition in the human germline

Human chromosomes are riddled with sequence elements that have in our evolutionary past reproduced and "jumped" to new locations. Long Interspersed Nuclear Element 1 (L1) is the only human autonomous retrotransposon thought to be currently active. L1 retrotransposition has significantly sh...

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Main Author: Freeman, Peter J.
Published: University of Leicester 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486709