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episode 25: Transposons and repeats with Kaushik Panda and Keith Slotkin
Kaushik Panda and Keith Slotkin come on the podcast to educate us about repetitive DNA and transposable elements. We talk LINEs, SINEs, LTRs, and even Sleeping Beauty transposons! Kaushik and Keith explain why repeats matter for your whole-genome analysis and answer listeners’ questions.
Links:
- Keith’s paper: The case for not masking away repetitive DNA
- Questions for this episode on Reddit
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