Transposable elements P and gypsy in natural populations of Drosophila willistoni

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 734-739

  Sassi, Adriana Koslovski ^a   Herédia, Fabiana ^a   Loreto, Élgion Lucio da Silva ^b   Valente, Vera Lucia da Silva ^a   Rohde, Claudia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drosophila willistoni; Gypsy; P; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INSECT GENETICS; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 31444446242     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572005000500013     Document Type: Article

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