Horizontal transmission versus vertical inheritance of P elements in Drosophila and Scaptomyza: Has the M-type subfamily spread from East Asia?

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Hagemann, S ^a   Haring, E ^a   Pinsker, W ^a  

^a Institut fur Allgemeine Biologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drosophila montium species group; Horizontal transfer; P elements; PCR amplification; Scaptomyza; Transposon phylogeny

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA LACTEICORNIS; DROSOPHILA MONTIUM; DROSOPHILA RUFA; MELANOGASTER; MONTIUM SUBGROUP; OBSCURA GROUP;

EID: 0001874975     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1998.tb00780.x     Document Type: Article

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