The evolutionary history of human DNA transposons: Evidence for intense activity in the primate lineage

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Comparison of three independent methods for dating DNA transposons. Eleven distinct families of DNA transposons were shown to be primate specific by all three methods. Twenty-nine additional DNA element families were found to be primate specific by both the percent divergence and cross-species genomic analysis methods. Twenty-nine families predicted to be primate specific based solely on percent divergence and age were determined to be eutherian-wide by cross-species analysis.

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  1. Genome Res. 17: 422-432

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