%0 Journal Article %1 langley1983transposable %A Langley, C H %A Brookfield, J F %A Kaplan, N %D 1983 %J Genetics %K branching_processes diffusion_approximation excursions population_genetics transposable_elements %N 3 %P 457-471 %T Transposable elements in mendelian populations. I. A theory %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17246142 %V 104 %X Transposable elements are DNA sequences, found throughout eukaryotes, that transpose replicatively and cause numerous genetic and developmental effects on their hosts. A model of the evolution of transposable elements in Mendelian populations is proposed. From its analysis, formulas for the mean copy number and frequency spectrum are obtained.

@article{langley1983transposable, abstract = {Transposable elements are DNA sequences, found throughout eukaryotes, that transpose replicatively and cause numerous genetic and developmental effects on their hosts. A model of the evolution of transposable elements in Mendelian populations is proposed. From its analysis, formulas for the mean copy number and frequency spectrum are obtained.}, added-at = {2015-09-17T09:05:16.000+0200}, author = {Langley, C H and Brookfield, J F and Kaplan, N}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/260ba47f2d3be5469c56f1e6263244697/peter.ralph}, interhash = {dc06c94ed8ac268e72a6a23d0bb38a00}, intrahash = {60ba47f2d3be5469c56f1e6263244697}, journal = {Genetics}, keywords = {branching_processes diffusion_approximation excursions population_genetics transposable_elements}, month = jul, number = 3, pages = {457-471}, pmid = {17246142}, timestamp = {2015-09-17T09:05:16.000+0200}, title = {Transposable elements in mendelian populations. {I}. A theory}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17246142}, volume = 104, year = 1983 }