Evolution of the copia retrotransposon in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1160-1171

  Jordan, I King ^a,b   McDonald, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Life Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Copia; Drosophila melanogaster; Evolution; Phylogeny; Retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 3543017897     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026023     Document Type: Article

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