How Athila retrotransposons survive in the <it>Arabidopsis </it>genome

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Transposable elements are selfish genetic sequences which only occasionally provide useful functions to their host species. In addition, models of mobile element evolution assume a second type of selfishness: elements of different fa...

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Main Authors: Marín Ignacio, Marco Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/219