LINE-1 elements, an abundant class of mammalian transposable elements, can insert at sites of double-stranded DNA breaks. Do they promote the repair process or take advantage of it?
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Eickbush, T. Repair by retrotransposition. Nat Genet 31, 126–127 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng897
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