Revising the selfish DNA hypothesis: New evidence on accumulation of transposable elements in heterochromatin

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 123-124

  Dimitri, Patrizio ^a   Junakovic, Nikolaj ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0033119484     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01711-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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