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The structure and evolution of Penelope in the virilis species group of Drosophila: an ancient lineage of retroelements.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 May 2001
Lyozin G T, Makarova K S, Velikodvorskaja V V, Zelentsova H S, Khechumian R R, Kidwell M G, Koonin E V, Evgen'ev M B
Abstract excerpt
The Penelope element is the key element responsible for mobilization of other transposable elements in the course of hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila virilis. Penelope has an unusually complex, highly variable organization in all studied species of the virlis group. Thc BRIDGE1 element from the fish Fugu rubripes is homologous to Penelope, and database searches detected additional homologous sequences among...
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