Selective constraints on P-element evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 472-478

  Witherspoon, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Group selection; Horizontal transfer; Molecular domestication; P element; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032927160     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026129     Document Type: Article

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