Transposable elements as drivers of genomic and biological diversity in vertebrates

Chromosome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 203-215

  Böhne, Astrid ^a   Brunet, Frédéric ^a   Galiana Arnoux, Delphine ^a   Schultheis, Christina ^a   Volff, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Evolution; Genome; Transposable element; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DNA TRANSFER; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INFECTION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; TRANSPOSON; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39749165104     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-007-1202-6     Document Type: Review

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