Getting closer to a pre-vertebrate genome: the non-LTR retrotransposons of <italic>Branchiostoma floridae</italic>

<p>Non-LTR retrotransposons are common in vertebrate genomes and although present in invertebrates they appear at a much lower frequency. The cephalochordate amphioxus is the closest living relative to vertebrates and has been considered a good model for comparative analyses of genome expansio...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2006-04-01
Series:International Journal of Biological Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.biolsci.org/v02p0048.htm