Patterns of insertion and deletion in contrasting chromatin domains

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2211-2225

  Blumenstiel, Justin P ^a   Hartl, Daniel L ^a   Lozovsky, Elena R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila virilis; Genome size; Heterochromatin; Mutation; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; ILEX COOKII; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

DNA;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0036900274     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004045     Document Type: Article

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