Evolution of sea urchin retroviral-like (SURL) elements: evidence from 40 echinoid species.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026183

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Evolution of sea urchin retroviral-like (SURL) elements: evidence from 40 echinoid species.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 1999

Gonzalez P, Lessios H A

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We conducted a phylogenetic survey of sea urchin retroviral-like (SURL) retrotransposable elements in 33 species of the class Echinoidea (sea urchins, sand dollars, and heart urchins). A 263-bp fragment from the coding region of the reverse transcriptase (RT) gene was amplified, cloned, and sequenced. Phylogenetic relationships of the elements isolated from independent clones, along with those from seven...

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