Transposable elements and the evolution of genome size in eukaryotes

2002/05/01 by Margaret G. Kidwell · 657 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Chromosomal and Genetic Variations #Computational biology #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Genome size #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Human genome #Interspersed repeat #Noncoding DNA #Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics #Repeated sequence #Satellite DNA #Tandem repeat #Transposable element

paper · doi:10.1023/a:1016072014259

published in Genetica 115(1), 49-63 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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