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Transposable elements as drivers of genomic and biological diversity in vertebrates.
Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology - 1 Jan 2008
Böhne Astrid, Brunet Frédéric, Galiana-Arnoux Delphine, Schultheis Christina, Volff Jean-Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
Comparative genomics has revealed that major vertebrate lineages contain quantitatively and qualitatively different populations of retrotransposable elements and DNA transposons, with important differences also frequently observed between species of the same lineage. This is essentially due to (i) the differential evolution of ancestral families of transposable elements, with evolutionary scenarios ranging from...
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