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A number of mutations at the cut locus were induced by non-precise exision of a silent P-element insertion which resulted in deletions at the regulatory region of the locus. Unexpectedly, a reversion of one of these mutations was found, which appears as a result of insertion of Stalker (a retrovirus-like mobile element) near the 1.3 kb deletion. Thus an insertion of a retrovirus-like mobile element can suppress the deficiency at the regulatory region of a gene.
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Mogila, V.A., Ladvishenko, A.B., Simonova, O.B., Gerasimova, T.I. (1993). Intragenic suppression: Stalker, a retrovirus-like transposable element, can compensate for a deficiency at the cut locus of Drosophila melanogaster . In: McDonald, J.F. (eds) Transposable Elements and Evolution. Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2028-9_3
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