Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,
Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street,
New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
weiner@biomed.med.yale.edu
More than 30% of the human genome consists of retroposed sequences—including
retroposons and processed genes—but retroposition events are rare. New
experimental methods that accelerate retroposition are now clarifying the
mechanisms that shape the genome.
