The Case for Junk DNA

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Palazzo, Alexander F ^a   Gregory, T Ryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHLY REPETITIVE DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; TRANSPOSON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LOAD; GENOME COMPOSITION; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PSEUDOGENE; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; INTRONS; PSEUDOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84901596292     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004351     Document Type: Article

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