Molecular evolution of two lineages of L1 (LINE-1) retrotransposons in the california mouse, Peromyscus californicus.

doi:10.1093/genetics/150.1.345

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Molecular evolution of two lineages of L1 (LINE-1) retrotransposons in the california mouse, Peromyscus californicus.

Genetics - 1 Sept 1998

Casavant N C, Lee R N, Sherman A N, Wichman H A

Abstract excerpt

The large number of L1 [long interspersed elements (LINE)-1] sequences found in the genome is due to the insertion of copies of the retrotransposon over evolutionary time. The majority of copies appear to be replicates of a few active, or "master" templates. A continual replacement of master temp...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
DNA
DNA Transposable Elements
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Peromyscus
Phylogeny
Restriction Mapping
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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