Transposons, genome size, and evolutionary insights in animals

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 217-239

  Canapa, Adriana ^a   Barucca, Marco ^a   Biscotti, Maria A ^a   Forconi, Mariko ^a   Olmo, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

C value; Comparative genomics; Deuterostomes; Mobile elements; Protostomes; Repetitive DNA

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RNA; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMAL GENETICS; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; DEUTEROSTOMIA; EVOLUTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOSTOMIA; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME SIZE;

EID: 84961219136     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000444429     Document Type: Review

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