The struggle for life of the genome's selfish architects

Biology Direct

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hua Van, Aurélie ^a   Le Rouzic, Arnaud ^a   Boutin, Thibaud S ^a   Filée, Jonathan ^a   Capy, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SCAEVIUS MILII;

ANIMAL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79952706183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-6-9     Document Type: Review

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