Evidence for the adaptive significance of an LTR retrotransposon sequence in a Drosophila heterochromatic gene

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  McCollum, Andrea M ^a   Ganko, Eric W ^a   Barrass, Paula A ^a   Rodriguez, Jose M ^a   McDonald, John F ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTONIA; ARCTIUM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ILEX COOKII; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MELANOGASTER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 2942616954     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-2-5     Document Type: Article

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