["Adaptive transposition" of retrotransposons in the Drosophila melanogaster genome accompanying the increase in features of adaptability].

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["Adaptive transposition" of retrotransposons in the Drosophila melanogaster genome accompanying the increase in features of adaptability].

Genetika - 1 Jun 1994

Beliaeva E S, Pasiukova E G, Gvozdev V A

Abstract excerpt

Two cases of spontaneous transpositions of MDG1, MDG3, and copia retrotransposons were detected in Drosophila melanogaster lines derived from the nonadaptive NA line and marked by recessive visible mutations. The transpositions were accompanied by a dramatic increase in individual fitness (compet...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genetic Markers
Male
Mutation
Retroelements

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