A brief history of the status of transposable elements: From junk DNA to major players in evolution

Genetics

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1085-1093

  Biémont, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, INTERGENIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY;

EID: 79251581868     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.124180     Document Type: Review

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