Horizontal transfer of P elements and other short inverted repeat transposons

• Published in: Genetica Vol. 86; no. 1-3; p. 275
• Main Author: Kidwell, M G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 1992
• Subjects: Animals; Diptera - classification; Diptera - genetics; DNA Transposable Elements; Drosophila - classification; Drosophila - genetics; Female; Hybridization, Genetic - genetics; Male; Mites - genetics; Phylogeny; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; Reproduction - genetics; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Species Specificity

Evidence for horizontal transfer of the P family of transposable elements in the genus Drosophila is reviewed and evaluated, along with observations consistent with the recent invasion of Drosophila melanogaster by these elements. Some other examples of horizontal transfer involving other groups of...