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echo: evolution
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from: Malcolm
date: 2003-10-08 15:02:00
subject: Transposons.

About 30% of the human genome is considered to be the remains of
transposable elements (transposons), jumping genes which insert copies of
themselves around the genome.

Is this DNA just detritus / parasitic, or are there any examples of it being
of some use to the host?
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