The origin of interspersed repeats in the human genome

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 743-748

  Smit, Arian F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ALU SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030479536     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80030-X     Document Type: Article

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