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DNA transposons and the role of recombination in mutation accumulation in Daphnia pulex.
Genome biology - 1 Jan 2010
Schaack Sarah, Choi Eunjin, Lynch Michael, Pritham Ellen J
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BACKGROUND: We identify DNA transposons from the completed draft genome sequence of Daphnia pulex, a cyclically parthenogenetic, aquatic microcrustacean of the class Branchiopoda. In addition, we experimentally quantify the abundance of six DNA transposon families in mutation-accumulation lines in which sex is either promoted or prohibited in order to better understand the role of recombination in transposon...
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