BMC Genomics

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Retrocopy contributions to the evolution of the human genome

Robert Baertsch1*, Mark Diekhans1, W James Kent1, David Haussler1 and Jürgen Brosius2

Author Affiliations

1 Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA

2 Institute of Experimental Pathology, ZMBE, University of Münster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 56, D-48149, Münster, Germany

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BMC Genomics 2008, 9:466 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-466

Published: 8 October 2008

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Additional file 1:

Entire list of 726 candidate expressed retrocopies with strong evidence.

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Additional file 2:

Classes of Type II retrogenes.

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Additional file 3:

Details on additional examples and Additional methods.

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Additional file 4:

More novel Type III gene candidates.

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Additional file 5:

Type II retrogenes – selected cases.

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Additional file 6:

TXNDC2 chimeric retrocopy.

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Additional file 7:

DGCR13 and TSSK2 alignments in multiple primates.

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