Retrotransposon sequence variation in four asexual plant species

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-387

  Docking, T Roderick ^a   Saadé, Fabienne E ^a   Elliott, Miranda C ^a   Schoen, Daniel J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Mating system; Nonsynonymous mutation; Selfish DNA; Synonymous mutation; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645526445     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0350-y     Document Type: Article

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