MIR elements have been first described in human genome 1989-1991 [4][5][6]
and were first referred as MB1 family repeats (mirror to sequences of mouse B1 repeat). Then this family repeats were found in other mammalian genomes.[7] Then this family was renamed as "Mammalian interspersed repeats" in 1992 [8] Later this family was shown to be common for vertebrate genomes.[9]
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