Evolution of P transposable elements: sequences of Drosophila nebulosa P elements.
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Molecular evolution of P transposable elements in the genus Drosophila. III. The melanogaster species group.
Phylogenetic relationships were determined for 76 partial P-element sequences from 14 species of the melanogaster species group within the Drosophila subgenus Sophophora. These results are examined in the context of the phylogeny of the species from which the sequences were isolated. Sequences from the P-element family fall into distinct subfamilies, or clades, which are often characteristic fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.18.6491