Evolutionary history of LTR-retrotransposons among 20 Drosophila species
Abstract Background The presence of transposable elements (TEs) in genomes is known to explain in part the variations of genome sizes among eukaryotes. Even among closely related species, the variation of TE amount may be striking, as for example between the two sibling species, Drosophila melanogas...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Mobile DNA |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13100-017-0090-3 |