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. 2021 Jul 6;75(12):1710–1722. doi: 10.1038/s41430-021-00905-6

Fig. 6. Overview of different components that make up the human genome.

Fig. 6

Only about 1.5% of the human genome actually consists of protein coding regions, whereas the large majority is composed of non-coding sequences, such as introns and transposable elements (mostly devoid of function) including long interspersed nuclear elements (LINE), short interspersed nuclear elements (SINE), long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons. Re-drawn figure by permission from Springer Nature [75]. The figure is not included in the current article’s Creative Commons license.