Evolutionary impact of transposable elements on genomic diversity and lineage-specific innovation in vertebrates

Chromosome Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 505-531

  Warren, Ian A ^a   Naville, Magali ^a   Chalopin, Domitille ^a,b   Levin, Perrine ^a   Berger, Chloé Suzanne ^a   Galiana, Delphine ^a   Volff, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Lineage specific evolution; New genes; Transposable elements; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA; RETROPOSON; TRANSPOSON;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSPOSON; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84947486019     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-015-9493-5     Document Type: Article

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