Flamenco, a gene controlling the gypsy retrovirus of Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1093/genetics/139.2.697

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Flamenco, a gene controlling the gypsy retrovirus of Drosophila melanogaster.

Genetics - 1 Feb 1995

Prud'homme N, Gans M, Masson M, Terzian C, Bucheton A

Abstract excerpt

Gypsy is an endogenous retrovirus of Drosophila melanogaster. It is stable and does not transpose with detectable frequencies in most Drosophila strains. However, we have characterized unstable strains, known as MG, in which it transposes at high frequency. These stocks contain more copies of gyp...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genes, Insect
Genes, Regulator
Homozygote
Male
Mutation
Retroelements
Retroviridae
Suppression, Genetic
X Chromosome

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