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High levels of recombination induced by homologous P elements in Drosophila melanogaster.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Mar 1991
Sved J A, Blackman L M, Gilchrist A S, Engels W R
Abstract excerpt
P element transposons in Drosophila melanogaster are capable of mobilizing incomplete P elements elsewhere in the genome, and of inducing recombination. This recombination is usually only of the order of 1% or less. We show that two P elements, located at exactly homologous sites, induce levels of recombination of 20% or higher. The recombination appears to be exact, as determined by the lack of phenotypic...
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