Abundance, distribution and dynamics of retrotransposable elements and transposons: Similarities and differences

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 426-440

  Hua Van, A ^a   Le Rouzic, A ^a   Maisonhaute, C ^a   Capy, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTICATION; DYNAMICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; RETROELEMENTS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 15544384048     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084975     Document Type: Review

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