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Table 5 Reproducibility

From: Mobile element scanning (ME-Scan) by targeted high-throughput sequencing

Alu insertion class

Positive loci in either sample*

Absent from ACCAT

Absent from TATTC

Replication failure rate, average %†

Known AluYb8/9

2,174

20

15

0.805

New variable Alu

289

30

16

7.96

Non-specific Alu

1,390

434

410

30.4

  1. * Total positive loci are those observed in either of the two samples of the 'replication' experiment, indexed ACCAT and TATTC.
  2. † Number of insertion loci absent in a sample, divided by the total observed in both samples, averaged over the two samples.
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BMC Genomics

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