Transposable Elements and Genome Evolution

Once considered merely `selfish' or `parasitic' DNA, transposable elements are today recognized as being of major biological significance. Not only are these elements a major source of mutation, they have contributed both directly and indirectly to the ev

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Georgia Genetics Review 1 VOLUME 1

Transposable Elements and Genome Evolution

Edited by

JOHN F. McDONALD

Reprinted from Genetica, Volume 107(1-3), 1999

SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.Y.

A c.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN 978-94-010-5812-4 ISBN 978-94-011-4156-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-4156-7

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CONTENTS

Introduction J.F. McDonald

I. Mechanisms and dynamics of transposable element evolution Comparative genomics and evolutionary dynamics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty elements I.K. Jordan, J.F. McDonald

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Is the evolution of transposable elements modular? E. Lerat, F. Brunet, C. Bazin, P. Capy

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Molecular paleontology of transposable elements from Arabidopsis thaliana v.v. Kapitonov, 1. Jurka

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Human L 1 retrotransposition: insights and peculiarities learned from a cultured cell retrotransposition assay J.v. Moran

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Structure, functionality, and evolution of the BARE-l retrotransposon of barley C.M. Vicient, R. Kalendar, K. Anamthawat-Jonsson, A. Suoniemi, A.H. Schulman

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Retrolycl-l, a member of the Tntl retrotransposon super-family in the Lycopersicon peruvianum genome AP Pimentel Costa, K.c. Scortecci, R.Y. Hashimoto, PG. Araujo, M.-A Grandbastien, M.-A. Van Sluys

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Retrotransposon 1731 in Drosophila melanogaster changes retrovirus-like expression strategy in host genome A Kalmykova, C. Maisonhaute, V. Gvozdev

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Regulatory potential of nonautonomous mariner elements and subfamily crosstalk D. De Aguiar, D.L. Hartl

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Phylogenetic evidence for Tyl-copia-like endogenous retroviruses in plant genomes H.M. Laten

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Evidence for genomic regulation of the telomeric activity in Drosophila melanogaster D. Fortunati, N. Junakovic

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How valuable are model organisms for transposable element studies? M.G. Kidwell, M.B. Evgen'ev

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Transposable elements and genome evolution: the case of Drosophila simulans C. Biemont, c. Vieira, N. Borie, D. Lepetit

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Horizontal transfer of non-LTR retrotransposons in vertebrates D. Kordis, F. Gubensek

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Sure facts, speculations, and open questions about the evolution of transposable element copy number S.v. Nuzhdin

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Transposon dynamics and the breeding system S.1. Wright, D.J. Schoen

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Recently integrated human Alu repeats: finding needles in the haystack AM. Roy, M.L. Carroll, D.H. Kass, S.v. Nguyen, A-H. Salem, M.A. Batzer, P.L. Deininger

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Phylogenetic signals from point mutations and polymorphic Alu insertions D.S. York, V Blum, J.A. Low, D.I. Rowold, V Puzyrev, V Saliukov, O. Odi