Achilles, a New Family of Transcriptionally Active Retrotransposons from the Olive Fruit Fly, with Y Chromosome Preferential Distribution.

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Published in PLoS One on September 23, 2015

Authors

Konstantina T Tsoumani1, Elena Drosopoulou2, Kostas Bourtzis3, Aggeliki Gariou-Papalexiou4, Penelope Mavragani-Tsipidou2, Antigone Zacharopoulou4, Kostas D Mathiopoulos1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
2: Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece.
3: Insect Molecular Genetics Group, IMBB, Vassilika Vouton, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, PO Box 1527, Greece; Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Agrinio, Greece; Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria.
4: Department of Biology, Division of Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.

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