Population dynamics of PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) and their targets in Drosophila

Genome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-227

  Lu, Jian ^a   Clark, Andrew G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIWI INTERACTING RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROPOSON; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE SILENCING; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EQUIDAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 75649145014     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.095406.109     Document Type: Article

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