The heterochromatic copies of the LTR retrotransposons as a record of the genomic events that have shaped the Drosophila melanogaster genome

Gene

Volumn 411, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 87-93

  Mugnier, Nathalie ^a   Gueguen, Laurent ^a   Vieira, Cristina ^a   Biémont, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Heterochromatin; Retrotransposons; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME, INSECT; HETEROCHROMATIN; RETROELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 39749099833     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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