Transposition rate of the 412 retrotransposable element is independent of copy number in natural populations of Drosophila simulans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-188

  Vieira, Cristina ^a   Biémont, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila simulans; retrotransposon; transposable element; transposition rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON;

EID: 1842408427     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025751     Document Type: Article

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