Phylogenetic analysis of a retroposon family in African great apes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 699-702

  Kim, Heui Soo ^a   Wadekar, Rekha V ^a   Takenaka, Osamu ^b   Hyun, Byung Hwa ^c   Crow, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Great apes; HERV K LTRs; Hominoid evolution; Phylogeny; Retroposons; SINE R.C2

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

APE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; HOMINOIDEA; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HYLOBATES SP.; MAMMALIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0033278752     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000083     Document Type: Article

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