Selection on the protein-coding genes of the TBE1 family of transposable elements in the ciliates Oxytricha fallax and O. trifallax

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 696-706

  Witherspoon, David J ^a   Doak, Thomas G ^a   Williams, Kevin R ^a   Seegmiller, Adam ^a   Seger, Jon ^b   Herrick, Glenn ^a,c  

^a Division of Genetics Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Oxytricha trifallax; Precise excision; Selection; TBEI; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; FALLAX; OXYTRICHA FALLAX; STERKIELLA HISTRIOMUSCORUM;

EID: 0030807656     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025809     Document Type: Article

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