Inference of transposable element ancestry.

Most common methods for inferring transposable element (TE) evolutionary relationships are based on dividing TEs into subfamilies using shared diagnostic nucleotides. Although originally justified based on the "master gene" model of TE evolution, computational and experimental work indicat...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aaron C Wacholder, Corey Cox, Thomas J Meyer, Robert P Ruggiero, Vijetha Vemulapalli, Annette Damert, Lucia Carbone, David D Pollock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-08-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4133154?pdf=render