Transposable elements as a molecular evolutionary force

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 870, Issue , 1999, Pages 251-264

  Fedoroff, Nina V ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENOME; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0032789080     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08886.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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