Evolutionary history of <it>Oryza sativa </it>LTR retrotransposons: a preliminary survey of the rice genome sequences

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>LTR Retrotransposons transpose through reverse transcription of an RNA intermediate and are ubiquitous components of all eukaryotic genomes thus far examined. Plant genomes, in particular, have been found to be comprised of a remarka...

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Main Authors: Ganko Eric W, McCarthy Eugene M, Gao Lizhi, McDonald John F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-03-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/5/18