Human-specific expansion of 22q11.2 low copy repeats
Lisanne Vervoort, Nicolas Dierckxsens, Zjef Pereboom, Oronzo Capozzi, Mariano Rocchi, Tamim H. Shaikh, Joris Robert Vermeesch
The paper investigates the inter- and intra-species variability of LCR22s in non-human primates and finds that LCR22 expansions are unique to humans.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2020 · PreprintGenetics