title: The diversity of LTR retrotransposons.
abstract: Eukaryotic genomes are full of long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons. Although most LTR retrotransposons have common structural features and encode similar genes, there is nonetheless considerable diversity in their genomic organization, reflecting the different strategies they use to proliferate within the genomes of their hosts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
authors.forename: Ericka R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Havecker
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Daniel F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Voytas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D018626:Retroelements / Q000235:genetics*; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018626:Retroelements