Transposable Elements and Evolution
In the summer of 1992 a distinguished group of molecular, population and evolutionary geneticists assembled on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, USA to discuss the relevance of their research to the role played by transposable elements (T
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Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution VOLUME 1
Transposable Elements and Evolution Edited by l.F. McDONALD
Contributions with an asterisk in the table of contents were first published in Genetica, Volume 86 (1992)
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Transposable elements and evolution / edited by John F. McDonald. p. cm. -- (Contemporary issues in genetics and evolutlon
v.
1)
ISBN 978-94-010-4897-2
ISBN 978-94-011-2028-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-2028-9
1. Transposons--Congresses. 2. Evolution (Biology)--Congresses. 3. Molecular genetics--Congresses. I. McDonald, John F. (John Francis), 1947II. Serles. QH452.3.T73 1993 575.2--dc20 93-17743
ISBN 978-94-010-4897-2
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Contents
I. Editorial overview by J.F. McDonald
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n. Retroviral-like transposable elements and regulatory evolution
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D.M. Robins and L.C. Samuelson, Retrotransposons and the evolution of mammalian gene expression
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Discussion Robins
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V.A Mogila, AB. Ladvishenko, O. Simonova and T.I. Gerasimova, Intragenie suppression: Stalker, a retrovirus-like transposable element, can compensate for a deficiency at the cut locus of Drosophila melanogaster
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Discussion Gerasimova
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M. Purugganan and S. WessIer, The splicing of transposable elements and their role in intron evolution
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Discussion Wessler
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J.F. McDonald and AJ. Cuticchia, A model for the maintenance of RLE-mediated regulatory variation in natural populations
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III. Factors intluencing the frequency and distribution of transposable elements in natural populations
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C.M. Wilke, E. Maimer and J. Adams, The population biology and evolutionary significance of Ty elements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Discussion Adams
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* c. Biemont, Population genetics of transposable DNA elements: A Drosophila point ofview '" Contributions indicated with an asterisk were first published in Genetica, Volume 86 (1992).
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Discussion Biemont
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C. Di Franeo, D. Galuppi and N. Iunakovic, Genomic distribution oftransposable elements among individuals of an inbred Drosophila line
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Discussion lunakovic
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RM. von Sternberg, G.E. Novick, G.-P. Gao and RJ. Herrera, Genome canalization: The coevolution of Transposable and Interspersed Repetitive Elements with single copy DNA
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Discussion Herreralvon Sternberg
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D.A. Hickey, Evolutionary dynamies of transposable elements in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
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Discussion Hicky
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H.A. Wichman, RA. Van Den Bussche, MJ. Hamilton and RJ. Baker
