The most common classes of retrotransposable elements in the human genome are short interspersed elements (SINEs) and LINEs. The Alu element, present in over 10 6 copies per haploid genome, is the ...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a dystrophin-deficient lethal muscle disease. To date, the catastrophic muscle wasting phenotype has only been seen in dystrophin-deficient humans and dogs.