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Evidence for recent invasion of the medaka fish genome by the Tol2 transposable element.
Genetics - 1 May 2000
Koga A, Shimada A, Shima A, Sakaizumi M, Tachida H, Hori H
Abstract excerpt
Tol2 is a transposable element of the terminal-inverted-repeat class, residing in the genome of the medaka fish Oryzias latipes. The genus Oryzias contains more than 10 species for which phylogenetic relationships have previously been estimated. To infer the history of Tol2 in this genus we performed genomic Southern blots and PCR analyses of 10 of the species. It was revealed that Tol2 occurs in 2 of the 10...
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