About the origin of retroviruses and the co-evolution of the gypsy retrovirus with the Drosophila flamenco host gene

Origin and evolution of retroelements based upon their reverse transcriptase sequences.

Yue Xiong, Thomas H. Eickbush · The EMBO Journal · 1990 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Levels of naturally occurring DNA polymorphism correlate with recombination rates in D. melanogaster

David J Begun, Charles F. Aquadro · Nature · 1992 · 1K citations

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Retroviruses in invertebrates: the gypsyretrotransposon is apparently an infectious retrovirus of Drosophilamelanogaster.

Annie H Kim, Christophe Terzian, P Santamaría et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 381 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Genetics +11

Drosophila melanogaster mutations suppressible by the suppressor of Hairy-wing are insertions of a 7.3-kilobase mobile element.

Juan Modolell, Welcome Bender, Matthew Meselson · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1983 · 303 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +5

An env-like protein encoded by a Drosophila retroelement: evidence that gypsy is an infectious retrovirus.

Sun U. Song, Tsilya Gerasimova, M Kurkulos et al. · Genes & Development · 1994 · 280 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Molecular Biology +13