Trash DNA is what gets thrown away: High rate of DNA loss in Drosophila

Gene

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 279-289

  Petrov, Dmitri A ^a   Hartl, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C value paradox; Helena; Non LTR retrotransposable elements; Pseudogenes

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RETROPOSON; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; DROSOPHILA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; RETROELEMENTS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031593162     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00516-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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