Evolution and discontinuous distribution of Rex3 retrotransposons in fish [1]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 427-431

  Volff, Jean Nicolas ^a   Körting, Cornelia ^a   Meyer, Axel ^b   Schartl, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Non LTR retrotransposon; Phylogeny; Reverse transcriptase; Teleost evolution; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

COSMID; FISH; GENOME; LETTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROPOSON; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

TELEOSTEI; XIPHOPHORUS;

EID: 0035103096     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003819     Document Type: Letter

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