... functionalimportance of Alus, appears to be partly a byproduct of the association with broadly expressedgenes.Conclusion: The abundance of Alu near broadly expressed genes is better explained by theirpreferential ... islands in the near proximity of genes, Alu CpG repeats appear to be ubiquitously methylated [64]. For thesereasons, we reject the modification of CpG islands model. The marker model may be consistent ... *Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA4 7AY, UK. †Computer Research Center of the IPN, Mexico City, Mexico 07738. ‡Department of Computer Engineering at University of...