The enigma of Y chromosome degeneration: TRAM, a novel retrotransposon is preferentially located on the neo-Y chromosome of Drosophila miranda

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-266

  Steinemann, Manfred ^a   Steinemann, Sigrid ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENOME; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DROSOPHILA; GENES, INSECT; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROELEMENTS; Y CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MIRANDA;

EID: 0031032328     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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