Role of recombination in the long-term retention of transposable elements in rRNA gene loci

Genetics

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1617-1626

  Zhang, Xian ^a   Eickbush, Michael T ^a   Eickbush, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; RNA GENE; SIMULATION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DROSOPHILA; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 59449095107     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.093716     Document Type: Article

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