A living fossil in the genome of a living fossil: Harbinger transposons in the coelacanth genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 985-993

  Smith, Jeramiah J ^a,b   Sumiyama, Kenta ^c   Amemiya, Chris T ^a,d  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

coelacanth; exaptation; genome evolution; harbinger; Latimeria

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; GENOME; LIVING FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE MYB; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84863135322     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr267     Document Type: Article

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