Wake up of transposable elements following Drosophila simulans worldwide colonization

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1251-1255

  Vieira, Cristina ^a   Lepetit, David ^a   Dumont, Sandy ^a   Biémont, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Copy number; Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila simulans; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032823323     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026215     Document Type: Article

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