Promiscuous DNA: Horizontal transfer of transposable elements and why it matters for eukaryotic evolution

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 537-546

  Schaack, Sarah ^a   Gilbert, Clément ^a   Feschotte, Cédric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; HERITABILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PROKARYOTE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

DNA; TRANSPOSON;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TRANSPOSON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PLANTS;

EID: 77955658052     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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