Dynamic retrotransposition of ERV-9 LTR and L1 in the β-globin gene locus during primate evolution

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 867-871

  Ling, Jianhua ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Jin, Huaqin ^a   Pi, Wenhu ^a   Kosteas, Theodore ^b,c   Anagnou, Nicholas P ^b,c   Goodman, Morris ^d   Tuan, Dorothy ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 1442340279     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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