A comprehensive map of mobile element insertion polymorphisms in humans.
As a consequence of the accumulation of insertion events over evolutionary time, mobile elements now comprise nearly half of the human genome. The Alu, L1, and SVA mobile element families are still duplicating, generating variation between individual genomes. Mobile element insertions (MEI) have bee...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-08-01
|
Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3158055?pdf=render |