Rates of movement of transposable elements in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 130-138

  Domínguez, Ana ^a   Albornoz, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Population genetics; Quantitative variation; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; MATING; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029888892     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050149     Document Type: Article

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