Juergen Schmitz

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Is there practical experience in error rate, coverage, and reading length of nanopore MinION genome/transcriptome sequencing?

There is much advertisement but less information about the usage and reliability of nanopore MinION in genome and transcriptome sequencing. Is there any practical experience about the current...

11 November 2018 7,332 3 View

Does anyone know an alternative to the extinct Agilent/Stratagene MegaMan in vitro transcriptome library?

MegaMan is/was a perfect collection of cloned cDNAs from 32 human tissues and 34 human cancer cell lines. We used the in vitro library for experimental verification of ESTs especially in student...

12 December 2017 7,428 1 View

Is there any idea how Bov-B LINE element can be transferred between different taxa?

The mosaic distribution of Bov-B LINEs in mammals indicates horizontal transfer. I wonder if a snakebite can explain the cross-species transfer from reptiles to mammals.

01 January 2015 9,249 5 View

What are the host factors limiting the coexistence of different autonomous retroposons?

Is it not just coincidence that some lineages have just one active autonomous system (e.g., primate L1) and others many possibly in parallel?

12 December 2014 8,790 6 View