Which of the following is NOT correct regarding long and short interspersed nuclear elements?
A) Each of them encodes a reverse transcriptase.
B) They rely on the cellular transcription machinery to produce their RNA transcript.
C) They use one of the strands in the target DNA as a primer to synthesize their DNA.
D) Together, they make up about 40% of our genome.
E) They can move into new regions of genome that do not have any homology with their DNA.

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Most short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) do not encode any proteins and spread by pirating enzymes encoded by other transposons, such as long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs).

Which of the Following Is NOT Correct Regarding Long and Short