Rolling-circle transposons catalyze genomic innovation in a mammalian lineage

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2595-2610

  Thomas, Jainy ^a   Phillips, Caleb D ^b   Baker, Robert J ^b   Pritham, Ellen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gene capture; gene duplication; Helitron; retrogene.; transposable element; Vespertilionidae bat family

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSON;

ANIMAL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MAMMAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; MAMMALS;

EID: 84929996202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu204     Document Type: Article

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