Perspective: Transposable elements, parasitic DNA, and genome evolution

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-24

  Kidwell, Margaret G ^a   Lisch, Damon R ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Genome evolution; Parasitic DNA; Retrotransposon; Transposon

Indexed keywords

GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT;

DNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOME; HOST;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035105221     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01268.x     Document Type: Review

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