LTR retrotransposon landscape in <it>Medicago truncatula</it>: more rapid removal than in rice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Long terminal repeat retrotransposons (LTR elements) are ubiquitous Eukaryotic TEs that transpose through RNA intermediates. Accounting for significant proportion of many plant genomes, LTR elements have been well established as one...

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Main Authors: Liu Jin-Song, Wang Hao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-08-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/382