Infra- and transspecific clues to understanding the dynamics of transposable elements

Genome Dynamics and Stability

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 21-43

  Vieira, Cristina ^a   Fablet, Marie ^a   Lerat, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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EID: 67650117674     PISSN: 18613373     EISSN: 18613381     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7050_2009_044     Document Type: Article

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