Mariner transposons are widespread genetic parasites in the genome of hydrothermal invertebrates

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 325-328

  Casse, Nathalie ^a   Pradier, Elisabeth ^b   Demattei, Marie Véronique ^b   Bigot, Yves ^b   Laulier, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOME; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; PARASITE;

INVERTEBRATA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036924351     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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