SOMATIC MOVEMENT OF THE MARINER TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT AND LIFE-SPAN OFDROSOPHILA SPECIES

Authors
NIKITIN AG WOODRUFF RC
Citation
Ag. Nikitin et Rc. Woodruff, SOMATIC MOVEMENT OF THE MARINER TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT AND LIFE-SPAN OFDROSOPHILA SPECIES, Mutation research. DNAging, 338(1-6), 1995, pp. 43-49
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Biology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Mutation research. DNAging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09218734
Volume
338
Issue
1-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
43 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-8734(1995)338:1-6<43:SMOTMT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The effect of somatic movement of the mariner transposable element on lifespan was measured in Drosophila simulans and Drosophila melanogast er males at 25 degrees C. In D. simulans this movement significantly d ecreased lifespan, whereas in D. melanogaster no correlation between t ransposon movement and lifespan was found. The results in D. simulans support the hypothesis that somatic genetic damage induced by DNA elem ent movement can reduce lifespan.