Long INterspersed Element-1 (LINE-1; L1) and Alu are two families of transposable elements (TEs) occupying ∼17% and ∼11% of the human genome, respectively. Though only a small fraction of L1 copies is able to produce the machinery to mobilize autonomously, Alu elements and degenerate L1 copies can hijack their functional machinery and mobilize
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