Do larger genomes contain more diverse transposable elements?

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Elliott, Tyler A ^a   Gregory, T Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

C value; DNA transposon; Genome sequencing; LINE; LTR retrotransposon; SINE

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENETICS; ABUNDANCE; ANIMAL; BIOACCUMULATION; GENOME; PLANT; PROTIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROTISTA; VERTEBRATA;

TRANSPOSON;

ANIMAL; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EUKARYOTA; GENOME SIZE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 84929575420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0339-8     Document Type: Article

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