Transposable element sequence evolution is influenced by gene context
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Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier, Charles E. Vejnar and Hadi Quesneville 1 Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94306, US. 2 Computational Evolutionary Genomics group, Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. 3 INRA, UR1164 URGI Research Unit in Genomics-Info, INRA de Versailles-Grignon, Route de Saint-Cyr, Versailles, 78026, France.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012