The various mobile elements of the human genome. DNA tranposons and retrotransposons. Amongst the retrotransposons, LINE-1 elements are the most important. LINE-1 elements account for up to 20% of the human genome.
Ingo Helbig
Child Neurology Fellow and epilepsy genetics researcher at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), USA and Department of Neuropediatrics, Kiel, Germany