Bursts and horizontal evolution of DNA transposons in the speciation of pseudotetraploid salmonids

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several genome duplications have occurred in the evolutionary history of teleost fish. In returning to a stable diploid state, the polyploid genome reorganized, and large portions are lost, while the fish lines evolved to numerous sp...

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Main Authors: Davidson William S, Yazawa Ryosuke, de Boer Johan G, Koop Ben F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/8/422