Article
Different histories of two highly variable LTR retrotransposons in sunflower species.
Gene - 15 Nov 2017
Mascagni Flavia, Cavallini Andrea, Giordani Tommaso, Natali Lucia
Abstract excerpt
In the Helianthus genus, very large intra- and interspecific variability related to two specific retrotransposons of Helianthus annuus (Helicopia and SURE) exists. When comparing these two sequences to sunflower sequence databases recently produced by our lab, the Helicopia family was shown to belong to the Maximus/SIRE lineage of the Sirevirus genus of the Copia superfamily, whereas the SURE element (whose...
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