Preferential occupancy of R2 retroelements on the B chromosomes of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Montiel, Eugenia E ^a   Cabrero, Josefa ^a   Ruiz Estévez, Mercedes ^a   Burke, William D ^b   Eickbush, Thomas H ^b   Camacho, Juan Pedro M ^a   López León, María Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S; RETROPOSON;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CAELIFERA; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EYPREPOCNEMIS PLORANS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON; RNA ISOLATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSPOSON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INSECT CHROMOSOME; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POSITION WEIGHT MATRIX; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; GENE DOSAGE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POSITION-SPECIFIC SCORING MATRICES; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84898009176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091820     Document Type: Article

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