Article
A rapid decrease in number of the complete ninja element and concomitant increase of the defective element in a strain of Drosophila simulans.
Genetica - 1 May 2005
Ogura Keiji, Ohsako Takashi, Yamamoto Masa-Toshi
Abstract excerpt
The ninja element, originally isolated from an unstable white mutant strain white-milky (w(mky)) of Drosophila simulans, is a member of the retrotransposon family with long terminal repeats (LTRs). We show that ninja is present in high copy numbers in the w(mky)-derivative sublines white-chocolate (w(cho)) and white-persimmonl (w(psm1)), in a low copy number in another derivative subline white-milky 3 (w(mky3)),...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Evolution, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Pigmentation
- Retroelements
