<it>Alu </it>repeats increase local recombination rates

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recombination rates vary widely across the human genome, but little of that variation is correlated with known DNA sequence features. The genome contains more than one million <it>Alu </it>mobile element insertions, and t...

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Main Authors: Hedges Dale J, Tolpinrud Whitney L, Xing Jinchuan, Zhang Yuhua, Watkins W Scott, Witherspoon David J, Batzer Mark A, Jorde Lynn B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/530