A hypothesis on the role of transposons

BioSystems

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-193

  Fontana, A ^a  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial Embryology; Evo devo; Junk DNA; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; SPACER DNA;

ALGORITHM; CARCINOGEN; CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COMPUTER MEMORY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; MAIZE; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 77955918811     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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