Article
Direct determination of retrotransposon transposition rates in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetical research - 1 Apr 1994
Nuzhdin S V, Mackay T F
Abstract excerpt
Rates of transposition and excision of the Drosophila melanogaster retrotransposon elements mdg3, 297, Doc, roo and copia were estimated directly, by in situ hybridization analysis of their cytological insertion sites in 31 replicates of a highly inbred line that had accumulated spontaneous mutat...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Mutation
- Retroviridae
- Viral Proteins
