On the estimation of the insertion time of LTR retrotransposable elements

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 896-904

  Kijima, T E ^a   Innan, Hideki ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Divergence; Gene conversion; LTR retrotransposons; MEPS; Primate; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; RAT; RETROPOSON; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; MACACA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

MACACA MULATTA; MUS; PRIMATES; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; HUMANS; MACACA; MICE; RATS; RETROELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 77952299411     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp295     Document Type: Article

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