Evidence for the Contribution of LTR Retrotransposons to C. elegans Gene Evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1925-1931

  Ganko, Eric W ^a   Bhattacharjee, Vikram ^a   Schliekelman, Paul ^a   McDonald, John F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

C. elegans; Gene evolution; Genome evolution; LTR retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME ARM; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; REGULATOR GENE; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RETROELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0242666278     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg200     Document Type: Article

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