Jumping-gene roulette

Sandra L. Martin
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Sandra L. Martin: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA. sandy.martin@ucdenver.edu

Nature, 2009, vol. 460, issue 7259, 1087-1088

Abstract: Jumping genes, which make DNA copies of themselves through an RNA middleman, provide a stochastic process for generating brain diversity among humans. The effect of their random insertion, however, is a bit of a gamble.

Date: 2009
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