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SUBMITTER: Sherry ST
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1208362 | biostudies-other | 1997 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sherry S T ST Harpending H C HC Batzer M A MA Stoneking M M
Genetics 19971201 4
There are estimated to be approximately 1000 members of the Ya5 Alu subfamily of retroposons in humans. This subfamily has a distribution restricted to humans, with a few copies in gorillas and chimpanzees. Fifty-seven Ya5 elements were previously cloned from a HeLa-derived randomly sheared total genomic library, sequenced, and screened for polymorphism in a panel of 120 unrelated humans. Forty-four of the 57 cloned Alu repeats were monomorphic in the sample and 13 Alu repeats were dimorphic for ...[more]