Bursts of transposable elements as an evolutionary driving force

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2573-2584

  Belyayev, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genome; Marginal populations; Speciation; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSON;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; TRANSPOSON;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME SIZE;

EID: 84916624307     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12513     Document Type: Review

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