Inferences on the evolutionary history of the S-element family of Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1183-1187

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Horizontal transfer; S element; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0041571795     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg120     Document Type: Article

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