Structural heterogeneity and genomic distribution of Drosophila melanogaster LTR-retrotransposons

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-409

  Alonso González, Lucía ^a   Domínguez, Ana ^a   Albornoz, Jesús ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Heterochromatin; Rearrangements; Retrotransposons; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETROPOSON; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME; RETROELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037358860     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg047     Document Type: Article

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