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Close ecological relationship among species facilitated horizontal transfer of retrotransposons

BACKGROUND: Horizontal transfer (HT) of genetic materials is increasingly being found in both animals and plants and mainly concerns transposable elements (TEs). Many crustaceans have big genome sizes and are thus likely to harbor high TE contents. Their habitat might offer them ample opportunities...

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Autores principales: Wang, Xianzong, Liu, Xiaolin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5055719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27717306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0767-0