long interspersed nuclear element

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Food Biotechnology

(Abbreviation: LINE). Families of common DNA elements, of average length 6.5 kb, which are dispersed at numerous locations within the genome. The human genome contains over 500,000 LINEs (representing ca. 16% of the genome). They appear to represent degenerate copies of transposable elements. See: SINE.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture