Transposition rates of movable genetic elements in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1073/pnas.87.8.3248

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Transposition rates of movable genetic elements in Drosophila melanogaster.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Apr 1990

Harada K, Yukuhiro K, Mukai T

Abstract excerpt

A considerable proportion of visible mutations is reported to be caused by the insertion of mobile genetic elements in Drosophila and other organisms. We estimated transposition rates of some Drosophila mobile elements by using the lines AW and JH in which spontaneous mutations have been accumula...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Chromosome Mapping
Crosses, Genetic
DNA Transposable Elements
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Male
Mutation
Plasmids
Salivary Glands

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