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Patterns of hobo elements and their effects in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster in Japan.
Heredity - 1 Jun 2006
Kikuno K, Tanaka K, Itoh M, Tanaka Y, Boussy I A, Gamo S
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We studied the dynamics of hobo elements of Drosophila melanogaster in Japan with the goal of better understanding the invasion and evolution of transposons in natural populations. One hundred and twenty-six isofemale lines and 11 older stocks were tested for the presence and genetic phenotype of hobo elements. The oldest H strain, containing complete and deleted hobo elements, is Hikone-H (1957), but Hikone-R...
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