Project for Explaining the Origin of Humans
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Public Symposium:
"Transposable Elements in Primate Evolution"
Haig Kazazian
"Retrotransposons in Human DNA: An Overview"
Arian Smit
"Bioinformatic Analysis of Transposable Elements in Whole Genomes"
Anthony Furano
"The Evolutionary Dynamics of LINE-1 Retrotransposons"
John Moran
"Insights and Peculiarities of LINE-1 Retrotransposition"
Jef Boeke
"L1 Retrotransposons: Massaging and Manipulating Mammalian Genomes"
Mark Batzer
"Evolutionary Dynamics of Alu Elements"
Fred H. Gage
"Generation of Neural Diversity by LINE-1 Retrotransposition"
John Moran
"Concluding Remarks"
Supported by: The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation
Mt. Kisco, New York
Organized by: The Project for Explaining the Origin of Humans,
Ajit Varki, Project Coordinator