Direct identification of de novo mobile element insertions from single molecule sequencing of human sperm
Stacy Li, Landen Gozashti, Caitlin Connelly, Clément Goubert, Kenneth Aston, Joseph G. Gleeson, Aaron R. Quinlan, Xiaoxu Yang, Peter H. Sudmant
The paper directly identifies de novo mobile element insertions in human sperm using long-read sequencing and finds age-related increases in retrotransposition rates.
bioRxiv · Oct 25, 2025 · PreprintGenetics