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Evolution of Tom, 297, 17.6 and rover retrotransposons in Drosophilidae species.
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG - 1 Oct 2009
Vidal Newton Medeiros, Ludwig Adriana, Loreto Elgion Lucio Silva
Abstract excerpt
LTR retrotransposons are the most abundant transposable elements in Drosophila and are believed to have contributed significantly to genome evolution. Different reports have shown that many LTR retrotransposon families in Drosophila melanogaster emerged from recent evolutionary episodes of transpositional activity. To contribute to the knowledge of the evolutionary history of Drosophila LTR retrotransposons and...
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