Experientia

, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp 164–166 | Cite as

Transposable element insertion patterns as test of contamination of aDrosophila melanogaster inbred line

  • I. Dufournel
  • M. P. Garcia Guerreiro
  • C. Arnault
  • C. Biémont
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Abstract

A highly inbred line ofDrosophila melanogaster, stable for the insertion pattern of the transposable elements copia and mdg1, was experimentally contaminated by flies from another line. We show that the alien genome income is clearly detectable by the changes induced in the insertion profiles of transposable elements, even twenty generations later.

Key words

Drosophila melanogaster transposable elements inbred lines insertion pattern transposition rate 

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© Birkhäuser Verlag 1994

Authors and Affiliations

  • I. Dufournel
    • 1
  • M. P. Garcia Guerreiro
    • 1
  • C. Arnault
    • 1
  • C. Biémont
    • 1
  1. 1.Laboratoire de Biométrie, Génétique, Biologie des populations, URA C.N.R.S. 243Université Lyon 1Villeurbanne CedexFrance

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