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David DuBois Sevim Beyza Ozturk Sarikaya Professor Indrawati Oey Camila Argenta Fante Inayara Cristina Alves Lacerda Maria Aparecida Vieira Teixeira Garcia Anderson, David P. Maria Beatriz de Abreu Gloria Bennett, Blake K. Boadu, Fred Dharmasena, Senarath Dr. L. Kharlukhi Jung Hoon Lee Ann-Sofie Sandberg Anne-Marie Hermansson Rikard Landberg Marie Alminger Ulf Svanberg Ingrid Undeland Thomas Andlid View MoreApproximately half of the sequence of human and mouse genomes are derived from mobile elements. Much of this DNA is no longer capable of mobilization but is likely “auditioning” for a role, for example, in homologous recombination or regulation of gene expression. Modern mammalian genomes also contain numerous intact copies of retrotransposon LINE-1 that utilizes RNA intermediate to spread about the genome. Given the crucial role of germ cells in propagation of species, their genomes are particularly attractive for mobile elements. Uncontrolled activity of retrotransposons is known to cause mutations or even kill germ cells necessitating existence of specialized defensive mechanisms regulating
Given the crucial role of germ cells germ cells