Gene copy-number polymorphism caused by retrotransposition in humans.

The era of whole-genome sequencing has revealed that gene copy-number changes caused by duplication and deletion events have important evolutionary, functional, and phenotypic consequences. Recent studies have therefore focused on revealing the extent of variation in copy-number within natural popul...

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Main Authors: Daniel R Schrider, Fabio C P Navarro, Pedro A F Galante, Raphael B Parmigiani, Anamaria A Camargo, Matthew W Hahn, Sandro J de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3554589?pdf=render