Overview

In the summer of 1992 a 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 (TEs) in evolution. The meeting consisted of a series of informal discussions of issues brought up in papers written by the participants and distributed among them prior to the meeting. These papers and the transcripts of the ensuing discussions are presented in this volume.

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Author:   J. F. McDonald
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Partly reprinted from GENETICA, 86, 1993
Volume:   1
Weight:   1.115kg
ISBN:  

9780792323389

ISBN 10:   0792323386
Pages:   347
Publication Date:   30 September 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. Editorial overview by J.F. McDonald.- II. Retroviral-like transposable elements and regulatory evolution.- * Retrotransposons and the evolution of mammalian gene expression.- Discussion Robins.- * Intragenic suppression: Stalker, a retrovirus-like transposable element, can compensate for a deficiency at the cut locus of Drosophila melanogaster.- Discussion Gerasimova.- * The splicing of transposable elements and their role in intron evolution.- Discussion Wessler.- A model for the maintenance of RLE-mediated regulatory variation in natural populations.- III. Factors influencing the frequency and distribution of transposable elements in natural populations.- * The population biology and evolutionary significance of Ty elements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Discussion Adams.- * Population genetics of transposable DNA elements: A Drosophila point of view.- Discussion Biémont.- * Genomic distribution of transposable elements among individuals of an inbred Drosophila line.- Discussion Junakovic.- * Genome canalization: The coevolution of Transposable and Interspersed Repetitive Elements with single copy DNA.- Discussion Herrera/von Sternberg.- * Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.- Discussion Hicky.- * Transposable elements and the evolution of genome organization in mammals.- Discussion Wichman.- * Horizontal transfer of P elements and other short inverted repeat transposons.- Discussion Kidwell.- * I elements and the Drosophila genome.- Discussion Bucheton.- The transposable element hobo in Drosophila melanogaster and related species.- * The role of the transposable element hobo in the origin of endemic inversions in wild populations of Drosophila melanogaster.- Discussion Lyttle.- * Transposable DNA elements and life historytraits I. Transposition of P DNA elements in somatic cells reduces the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster.- Discussion Woodruff.- The retrotransposon family micropia in Drosophila species.- IV. Transposable elements and speciation.- * Genetic instability and rapid speciation: are they coupled?.- Discussion Fontdevila.- V. The evolutionary history of transposable elements.- * Tyl-copia group retrotransposons and the evolution of retroelements in the eukaryotes.- Discussion Flavell.- * Evolution of the transposable element Uhu in five species of Hawaiian Drosophila.- * Evolution of the transposable element mariner in the Drosophila melanogaster species group.- Discussion Capy.- * Arabidopsis and cotton (Gossypium) as models for studying copia-like retrotransposon evolution.- Discussion Voytas.- * Evolution of Ac and Dsl elements in selected grasses (Poaceae).- Discussion MacRae/Clegg.- VI. Is the neo-Darwinian paradigm in need of revision?.- * Natural genetic engineering.- Discussion Shapiro.

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