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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-05-01
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Series: | BMC Genomics |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/219 |