A co-opted gypsy-type LTR-retrotransposon is conserved in the genomes of humans, sheep, mice, and rats

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1518-1523

  Lynch, Clare ^a,b   Tristem, Michael ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0042420364     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00618-3     Document Type: Article

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