Phylogenetic relationships of the <i>gypsy</i> retrotransposons.

<p>Phylogenetic relationships were inferred by the neighbour-joining method. This tree was constructed from the reverse transcriptase sequences using the neighbour-joining method. Bootstrap values of more than 50 are shown in the branches. The known retrotransposons from other species were retrieved from the GenBank and Repbase databases. The sequences in red indicate the <i>gypsy</i> retroelements identified in this study.