A computational study of the dynamics of LTR retrotransposons in the Populus trichocarpa genome

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-75

  Cossu, Rosa Maria ^a   Buti, Matteo ^a   Giordani, Tommaso ^a   Natali, Lucia ^a   Cavallini, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copia; Gypsy; LTR retrotransposon; Poplar genome; Populus trichocarpa

Indexed keywords

POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 84860417116     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-011-0421-3     Document Type: Article

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