A unified classification system for eukaryotic transposable elements should reflect their phylogeny

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-

  Seberg, Ole ^a   Petersen, Gitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENOME; LETTER; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 62549162988     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2165-c3     Document Type: Letter

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