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Genomic distribution of copia-like elements in laboratory stocks of Drosophila melanogaster

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The genomic location of five copia-like transposable elements has been compared by the Southern technique in laboratory lines of Oregon R and Canton S strains of Drosophila melanogaster. The results show that extensive rearrangements have taken place in the few decades of separation between the stocks and suggest that transposition occurs at a sizable rate.

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  1. Centro di Studio per gli Acidi Nucleici, C.N.R., c/o Istituto di Fisiologia Generale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy

    Nikolaj Junakovic & Roberto Caneva

  2. Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy

    Paola Ballario

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Junakovic, N., Caneva, R. & Ballario, P. Genomic distribution of copia-like elements in laboratory stocks of Drosophila melanogaster . Chromosoma 90, 378–382 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00294164

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