High-frequency P element loss in Drosophila is homolog dependent.

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(90)90016-8

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High-frequency P element loss in Drosophila is homolog dependent.

Cell - 10 Aug 1990

Engels W R, Johnson-Schlitz D M, Eggleston W B, Sved J

Abstract excerpt

P transposable elements in Drosophila melanogaster can undergo precise loss at a rate exceeding 13% per generation. The process is similar to gene conversion in its requirement for a homolog that is wild type at the insertion site and in its reduced frequency when pairing between the homologs is...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Crosses, Genetic
DNA
DNA Transposable Elements
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Gene Conversion
Genotype
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Oligonucleotide Probes
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Recombination, Genetic
Templates, Genetic
X Chromosome

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