Human retrotransposons in health and disease

• Other Authors: Cristofari, Gael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Transposons.; Human genetics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319483443; 9783319483436
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This unique book explores the role of retrotransposons in human health and disease. The ability of retrotransposons to affect the structure of human genes is recognized since the late 80´s. However, the advances of deep-sequencing technologies have shed new light on the extent of retrotransposon-med...