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Molecular and functional analysis of the mariner mutator element Mos1 in Drosophila.
Genetics - 1 Jun 1991
Medhora M, Maruyama K, Hartl D L
Abstract excerpt
The white-peach allele in Drosophila results from insertion of the transposable element mariner. The particular copy that is inserted in white-peach is an inactive copy referred to as the peach element. The peach element is excised at a high rate in the presence of active copies of mariner located elsewhere in the genome, and the excision of peach in somatic cells is recognized phenotypically by the occurrence of...
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