Population dynamics of the copia, mdg1, mdg3, gypsy, and P transposable elements in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetical Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 197-212

  Biemont C ^a   Lemeunier, F ^b   Guerreiro, M P Garcia ^a   Brookfield, J F ^c   Gautier, C ^a   Aulard, S ^b   Pasyukova, E G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HYPOTHESIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0028285214     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672300032353     Document Type: Article

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