Transposable elements: Powerful contributors to angiosperm evolution and diversity

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1886-1901

  Oliver, Keith R ^a   McComb, Jen A ^a   Greene, Wayne K ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Domestication; Hybridization; Polyploidy; Speciation; TE Thrust

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; DOMESTICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; HYBRIDIZATION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TE-THRUST; TRANSPOSON;

ADAPTATION; DOMESTICATION; HYBRIDIZATION; POLYPLOIDY; SPECIATION; TE-THRUST;

ANGIOSPERMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, PLANT; POLYPLOIDY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 84892538565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt141     Document Type: Review

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