Young, intact and nested retrotransposons are abundant in the onion and asparagus genomes

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 881-889

  Vitte, C ^a   Estep, M C ^b,c   Leebens Mack, J ^c   Bennetzen, J L ^b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Asparagales; Asparagus officinalis; BAC annotation; garden asparagus; LTR retrotransposons; onion; transposable elements

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; GENOME; GRASS; HERB; MONOCOTYLEDON;

EID: 84883233155     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct155     Document Type: Article

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