Stepwise evolution of two giant composite LTR-retrotransposon-like elements DA and Xiao
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We recently discovered two composite long terminal repeat (LTR)-retrotransposon-like elements which we named DA (~300 kb) and Xiao (~30 kb), meaning big and small in Chinese respectively. Xiao and DA (three types of DA identified) we...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/128 |