Genomic instability of I elements of Drosophila melanogaster in absence of dysgenic crosses.
Retrotranspostion of I factors in the female germline of Drosophila melanogaster is responsible for the so called I-R hybrid dysgenesis, a phenomenon that produces a broad spectrum of genetic abnormalities including reduced fertility, increased frequency of mutations and chromosome loss. Transpositi...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010
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