What transposable elements tell us about genome organization and evolution: The case of Drosophila

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 25-34

  Biemont C ^a   Vieira, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; RETROELEMENTS;

AMPHIBIA; ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS;

EID: 23844460513     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084935     Document Type: Review

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