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Transposable Elements and Genome Evolution

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  1. John F. McDonald
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Part of the book series: Georgia Genetics Review (GEGR, volume 1)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • John F. McDonald
      Pages 1-2

  3. Mechanisms and dynamics of transposable element evolution

    1. Comparative genomics and evolutionary dynamics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty elements

      • King Jordan, John F. McDonald
      Pages 3-13

    2. Is the evolution of transposable elements modular?

      • Emmanuelle Lerat, Frédéric Brunet, Claude Bazin, Pierre Capy
      Pages 15-25

    3. Molecular paleontology of transposable elements from Arabidopsis thaliana

      • Vladimir V. Kapitonov, Jerzy Jurka
      Pages 27-37

    4. Human L1 retrotransposition: insights and peculiarities learned from a cultured cell retrotransposition assay

      • John V. Moran
      Pages 39-51

    5. Structure, functionality, and evolution of the BARE-1 retrotransposon of barley

      • Carlos M. Vicient, Ruslan Kalendar, Kesara Anamthawat-Jónsson, Annu Suoniemi, Alan H. Schulman
      Pages 53-63

    6. Retrolyc1-1, a member of the Tntl retrotransposon super-family in the Lycopersicon peruvianum genome

      • Ana Paula P. Costa, Katia C. Scortecci, Regina Y. Hashimoto, Paula G. Araujo, Marie-Angele Grandbastien, Marie-Anne Van Sluys
      Pages 65-72

    7. Retrotransposon 1731 in Drosophila melanogaster changes retrovirus-like expression strategy in host genome

      • A. Kalmykova, C. Maisonhaute, V. Gvozdev
      Pages 73-77

    8. Regulatory potential of nonautonomous mariner elements and subfamily crosstalk

      • Daniel De Aguiar, Daniel L. Hartl
      Pages 79-85

    9. Phylogenetic evidence for Ty1-copia-like endogenous retroviruses in plant genomes

      • Howard M. Laten
      Pages 87-93

    10. Evidence for genomic regulation of the telomeric activity in Drosophila melanogaster

      • Dario Fortunati, Nikolaj Junakovic
      Pages 95-102

    11. How valuable are model organisms for transposable element studies?

      • Margaret G. Kidwell, Michael B. Evgen’ev
      Pages 103-111

    12. Transposable elements and genome evolution: the case of Drosophila simulans

      • Christian Biémont, Cristina Vieira, Nathalie Borie, David Lepetit
      Pages 113-120

    13. Horizontal transfer of non-LTR retrotransposons in vertebrates

      • DuÅ¡an KordiÅ¡, Franc GubenÅ¡ek
      Pages 121-128

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

      • Sergey V. Nuzhdin
      Pages 129-137

    15. Transposon dynamics and the breeding system

      • Stephen I. Wright, Daniel J. Schoen
      Pages 139-148

    16. Recently integrated human Alu repeats: finding needles in the haystack

      • Astrid M. Roy, Marion L. Carroll, David H. Kass, Son V. Nguyen, Abdel-Halim Salem, Mark A. Batzer et al.
      Pages 149-161

    17. Phylogenetic signals from point mutations and polymorphic Alu insertions

      • Daniel S. York, Vincent M. Blum, Jonathan A. Low, Diane J. Rowold, Valery Puzyrev, Victor Saliukov et al.
      Pages 163-170

  4. The impact of transposable elements on host genome evolution

    1. Transposable elements as the key to a 21st century view of evolution

      • James A. Shapiro
      Pages 171-179
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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 evolution of genome structure and function.
On October 8-10, 1999, 100 molecular biologists and evolutionists representing 11 countries met on the campus of The University of Georgia in Athens for the inaugural Georgia Genetics Symposium. The topics of presentations ranged from how the elements themselves have evolved to the impact transposable elements have had on the evolution of their host genomes. The papers in this volume therefore represent state-of-the-art thinking, by leading world experts in the field, on the evolutionary significance of transposable elements.

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