The evolution of P element repression in Drosophila melanogaster

P elements have invaded and spread through populations of Drosophila melanogaster in the last sixty years, despite the induction of a severe set of genetic abnormalities known as hybrid dysgenesis (HD). P element spread has occurred because of the co-evolution of several systems that repress P eleme...

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Main Author: French, David John
Published: University of Leicester 1999
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696628