NeuroscienceChromosome ResearchPeer-reviewed
Warning SINEs: Alu elements, evolution of the human brain, and the spectrum of neurological disease
Peter A. Larsen, Kelsie E. Hunnicutt, Roxanne J. Larsen…·Ann M. Saunders
The paper discusses the dual role of Alu elements in shaping human brain evolution and contributing to neurological diseases through epigenetic dysregulation of mitochondrial genes.