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Pleiotropic fitness effects of the Tre1-Gr5a region in Drosophila melanogaster.
Nature genetics - 1 Jul 2006
Rollmann Stephanie M, Magwire Michael M, Morgan Theodore J, Ozsoy Ergi D, Yamamoto Akihiko, Mackay Trudy F C, Anholt Robert R H
Abstract excerpt
The abundance of transposable elements and DNA repeat sequences in mammalian genomes raises the question of whether such insertions represent passive evolutionary baggage or may influence the expression of complex traits. We addressed this question in Drosophila melanogaster, in which the effects of single transposable elements on complex traits can be assessed in genetically identical individuals reared in...
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