The role of selfish genetic elements in eukaryotic evolution

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 597-606

  Hurst, Gregory D D ^a   Werren, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES;

EID: 0035432062     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35084545     Document Type: Review

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