Horizontal transfer and the widespread presence of Galileo transposons in Drosophilidae (Insecta: Diptera)

Abstract Galileo is a transposon notoriously involved with inversions in Drosophila buzzatii by ectopic recombination. Although widespread in Drosophila, little is known about this transposon in other lineages of Drosophilidae. Here, the abundance of the canonical Galileo and its evolutionary histor...

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Main Authors: Henrique R.M. Antoniolli, Sebastián Pita, Maríndia Deprá, Vera L.S. Valente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2024-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572023000600132&tlng=en