I transposable elements and I-R hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila.

doi:10.1016/0168-9525(90)90044-7

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I transposable elements and I-R hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila.

Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Jan 1990

Bucheton A

Abstract excerpt

I factors, transposable elements related to mammalian LINEs, are responsible for I-R hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Although they are not structurally related to retrovirus-like transposable elements, they appear to move around the genome via reverse transcription of a full-length...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
DNA Transposable Elements
Drosophila
Female
Hybridization, Genetic
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation

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