Structure and evolution of mtanga, a retrotransposon actively expressed on the Y chromosome of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-162

  Rohr, Cherise J B ^a   Ranson, Hilary ^a   Wang, Xuelan ^a   Besansky, Nora J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Malaria vector; Male specific transcripts; Retrotransposon; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

AFRICA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RETROPOSON; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MELAS; ANOPHELES MERUS; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0036146245     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004067     Document Type: Article

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