Identification of multiple Gypsy LTR-retrotransposon lineages in vertebrate genomes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 358-366

  Miller, Karen ^a   Lynch, Clare ^a   Martin, Joanne ^a   Herniou, Elisabeth ^a,b   Tristem, Michael ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agnatha; Amphibia; Gypsy LTR retrotransposon; Horizontal transmission; PCR; Phylogeny; Reptilia; Retroelement; Sequence; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TRANSFER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; GENOME; INVERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; RETROELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; VERTEBRATES;

AGNATHA; AMPHIBIA; AVES; FUNGI; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032847012     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006559     Document Type: Article

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