Article
Population genomics of transposable elements in Drosophila melanogaster.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 May 2011
Petrov Dmitri A, Fiston-Lavier Anna-Sophie, Lipatov Mikhail, Lenkov Kapa, González Josefa
Abstract excerpt
Transposable elements (TEs) are the primary contributors to the genome bulk in many organisms and are major players in genome evolution. A clear and thorough understanding of the population dynamics of TEs is therefore essential for full comprehension of the eukaryotic genome evolution and function. Although TEs in Drosophila melanogaster have received much attention, population dynamics of most TE families in...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Gene Expression
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Metagenomics
- Models, Genetic
- Recombination, Genetic
- Selection, Genetic
- Sequence Analysis, DNA