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Structural and sequence diversity of the transposon Galileo in the Drosophila willistoni genome.
BMC genomics - 13 Sept 2014
Gonçalves Juliana W, Valiati Victor Hugo, Delprat Alejandra, Valente Vera L S, Ruiz Alfredo
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BACKGROUND: Galileo is one of three members of the P superfamily of DNA transposons. It was originally discovered in Drosophila buzzatii, in which three segregating chromosomal inversions were shown to have been generated by ectopic recombination between Galileo copies. Subsequently, Galileo was identified in six of 12 sequenced Drosophila genomes, indicating its widespread distribution within this genus. Galileo...
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