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 |
---|---|---|---|
Laboratory | D. melanogaster | mdg1, mdg2, mdg3, copia, FB,P | |
Inbred | D. melanogaster | copia | |
Isogenic line | D. melanogaster | copia and Doc | |
Inbred | D. melanogaster | P | |
Natural population | D. melanogaster | mdg3 | |
Laboratory (D. yakuba sequenced genome) | D. yakuba | DINE-1 | |
Isogenic lines | D. melanogaster | roo |