Transposable elements and the dynamic somatic genome.

@article{citeulike:2795021, abstract = {Although alterations in the genomes of somatic cells cannot be passed on to future generations, they can have beneficial or detrimental effects on the host organism, depending on the context in which they occur. This review outlines the ways in which transposable elements have important consequences for somatic cell genomes.}, address = {The Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, The Cancer Center, The University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Church St SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. lsc5e@alumni.virginia.edu}, author = {Collier, L. S. and Largaespada, D. A. }, citeulike-article-id = {2795021}, doi = {10.1186/gb-2007-8-s1-s5}, issn = {1465-6914}, journal = {Genome biology}, keywords = {doctorate, evolution, genomics, transposon}, posted-at = {2008-05-13 14:39:28}, priority = {2}, title = {Transposable elements and the dynamic somatic genome.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2007-8-s1-s5}, volume = {8 Suppl 1}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2795021 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2795021 TI - Transposable elements and the dynamic somatic genome. JF - Genome biology VL - 8 Suppl 1 AD - The Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, The Cancer Center, The University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Church St SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. lsc5e@alumni.virginia.edu SN - 1465-6914 N2 - Although alterations in the genomes of somatic cells cannot be passed on to future generations, they can have beneficial or detrimental effects on the host organism, depending on the context in which they occur. This review outlines the ways in which transposable elements have important consequences for somatic cell genomes. KW - doctorate KW - evolution KW - genomics KW - transposon AU - Collier, LS AU - Largaespada, DA PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2007-8-s1-s5 ER -