The role of host factors in the population dynamics of selfish transposable elements

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-271

  Badge, Richard M ^a   Brookfield, John F Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031582642     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0432     Document Type: Article

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