On the abundance and distribution of transposable elements in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 926-937

  Bartolomé, Carolina ^a   Maside, Xulio ^a   Charlesworth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Ectopic exchange; Population genetics; Selection; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 4; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036274271     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004150     Document Type: Article

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