| Range |
~10 %
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| Organism |
Mammals |
| Reference |
Derr LK, Strathern JN, Garfinkel DJ. RNA-mediated recombination in S. cerevisiae. Cell. 1991 Oct 18 67(2):355-64. p.355 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID1655280
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| Primary Source |
Temin, H. M. (1985). Reverse transcription in the eukaryotic genome: retrovirusss, pararetroviruses, retrotransposons, and retrotranscripts. Mol. Biol. Evol. 2, 455-468.PubMed ID2835576
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| Comments |
"Sequences that originate from the reverse transcription of
RNA comprise roughly 10% of the mammalian genome.
These sequences include retroviral and retroviral-like sequences,
highly and middle repetitive DNA elements, and
processed pseudogenes (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110016 |