What makes transposable elements move in the Drosophila genome?

doi:10.1038/hdy.2011.89

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What makes transposable elements move in the Drosophila genome?

Heredity - 1 May 2012

García Guerreiro M P

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Transposable elements (TEs), by their capacity of moving and inducing mutations in the genome, are considered important drivers of species evolution. The successful invasions of TEs in genomes, despite their mutational properties, are an apparent paradox. TEs' transposition is usually strongly regulated to low value, but in some cases these elements can also show high transposition rates, which has been...

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Animals
Biological Evolution
DNA Transposable Elements
Drosophila melanogaster
Genome, Insect
Mutation

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PMID: 21971178
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.89
PMCID: PMC3330689

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