The Juan non-LTR retrotransposon in mosquitoes: Genomic impact, vertical transmission and indications of recent and widespread activity

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Biedler, James K ^a   Tu, Zhijian ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CULEX; GENE SEQUENCE; INSECT GENETICS; JUAN RETROPOSON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHLEROTATUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROPOSON; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOSQUITO; PHYLOGENY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DEINOCERITES; PSOROPHORA; WYEOMYIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CULICIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; PHYLOGENY; RETROELEMENTS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 34547868142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-112     Document Type: Article

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