Evidence that a recent increase in maize genome size was caused by the massive amplification of intergene retrotransposons

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. A, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Sanmiguel, Phillip ^a   Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome size; Maize; Repetitive DNA; Retrotransposon; Rice; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032413101     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0746     Document Type: Article

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