Does selection against transcriptional interference shape retroelement-free regions in mammalian genomes?

PLoS One · 2008 · PMC2582637 · PMID 19018283

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When assuming a random distribution of microRNAs, the presence of 105 microRNAs in LINE-free regions is highly significant using a binomial distribution (expected number of microRNAs = 62; p<10 −6 ).

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