Ancestral polymorphism and recent invasion of transposable elements in <it>Drosophila</it> species

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>During the evolution of transposable elements, some processes, such as ancestral polymorphisms and horizontal transfer of sequences between species, can produce incongruences in phylogenies. We investigated the evolutionary history o...

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Main Authors: Dias Elaine, Carareto Claudia Marcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/119