A hAT-related family of interspersed repetitive elements in genomes of western Palaearctic water frogs

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-244

  Casola, C ^a   Marracci, S ^a   Bucci, S ^a   Ragghianti, M ^a   Mancino, G ^a   Hotz, H ^b,c   Uzzell, T ^d   Guex, G D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA transposon; hAT class II transposon superfamily; Interspersed repetitive DNA; Rana esculenta group; Rana saharica

Indexed keywords

FROG; GENOME;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; RANA DALMATINA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE; RANA PEREZI; RANA RIDIBUNDA; RANA SAHARICA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; TRANSPOSONS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4043079892     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2004.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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