Diversity and evolution of the transposable element repertoire in arthropods with particular reference to insects

Diversity and evolution of the transposable element repertoire in arthropods with particular reference to insects

Abstract Background Transposable elements (TEs) are a major component of metazoan genomes and are associated with a variety of mechanisms that shape genome architecture and evolution. Despite the ever-growing number of insect genomes sequenced to date, our understanding of the diversity and evolutio...

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Main Authors: Malte Petersen, David Armisén, Richard A. Gibbs, Lars Hering, Abderrahman Khila, Georg Mayer, Stephen Richards, Oliver Niehuis, Bernhard Misof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1324-9

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