Table 1 Examples of spontaneous transposition bursts in Drosophila species

From: What makes transposable elements move in the Drosophila genome?

Spontaneous transpositions

Strain type

Species

Elements

Gerasimova et al. (1985)

Laboratory

D. melanogaster

mdg1, mdg2, mdg3, copia, FB,P

Biémont et al. (1987)

Inbred

D. melanogaster

copia

Pasyukova and Nuzhdin (1993)

Isogenic line

D. melanogaster

copia and Doc

Biémont et al. (1990)

Inbred

D. melanogaster

P

Biémont et al. (1994)

Natural population

D. melanogaster

mdg3

Yang et al. (2006)

Laboratory (D. yakuba sequenced genome)

D. yakuba

DINE-1

Díaz-González et al. (2011)

Isogenic lines

D. melanogaster

roo