Gene conversion maintains nonfunctional transposable elements in an obligate mutualistic endosymbiont

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1679-1682

  Cordaux, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; Gene conversion; Insertion sequence; Reductive evolution; Transposable element; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE CONVERSION; NEMATODA; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 67749089238     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp093     Document Type: Article

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