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Loss of complete -like elements
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posted on 2011-12-30, 14:37 authored by Vini PereiraCopyright information:
Taken from "Insertion bias and purifying selection of retrotransposons in the genome"
Genome Biology 2004;5(10):R79-R79.
Published online 29 Sep 2004
PMCID:PMC545599.
Copyright © 2004 Pereira; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
The half-life of complete -like elements throughout the whole genome (log-transformed counts marked by blue circles, blue regression line) is estimated as around 650,000 ± 50,000 years. Complete insertions outside the proximal regions (red squares, red regression line) are lost more rapidly, with a half-life estimated as around 470,000 ± 50,000 years.