Transposable elements in Drosophila

Drosophila has been studied as a biological model for many years and many discoveries in biology rely on this species. Research on transposable elements (TEs) is not an exception. Drosophila has contributed significantly to our knowledge on the mechanisms of transposition and their regulation, but a...

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Autores principales: Mérel, Vincent, Boulesteix, Matthieu, Fablet, Marie, Vieira, Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7334843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32636946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13100-020-00213-z
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Sumario:Drosophila has been studied as a biological model for many years and many discoveries in biology rely on this species. Research on transposable elements (TEs) is not an exception. Drosophila has contributed significantly to our knowledge on the mechanisms of transposition and their regulation, but above all, it was one of the first organisms on which genetic and genomic studies of populations were done. In this review article, in a very broad way, we will approach the TEs of Drosophila with a historical hindsight as well as recent discoveries in the field.

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