Dsim\mdg3

General Information
Symbol	Dsim\mdg3	Species	D.simulans
Name	mdg3 element	FlyBase ID	FBte0001096
Feature type	natural transposable element
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Sequences & Components
Complete element (bp)
Terminal repeat (bp)
Reference sequence	transposon_sequence_set.embl.txt.gz
Component genes
Sequence Accessions
	DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank
Sequence Ontology (SO)
Transposon type	LTR_retrotransposon transposable_element
Insertions & Copy Number
Copy number and comments
Search for	All insertions of this transposon Insertions in the sequenced genome Insertions in other genomes
Target Site Duplication
Size (bp)
Orthologs
Curated drosophilid orthologs	Dmel\mdg3
Comments
	Numbers of mdg1, mdg3, gypsy and copia have been studied in several strains of D.melanogaster and D.simulans. Mean number of mdg1 and copia sites are drastically reduced in D.simulans. Majority of mdg1 and copia sites, and one third of mdg3 sites, are in hot spots for insertion, particularly in D.simulans. Southern blot analysis indicates that the majority of mdg1 and copia are in the euchromatin of D.melanogaster but the heterochromatin of D.simulans. (Leibovich et al., 1992)
Other Information
Etymology

External Crossreferences
Sequence Crossreferences
	DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank
Other Crossreferences

Synonyms & Secondary IDs ( 3 )
Reported As
Symbol Synonym	Dsim\mdg3 mdg-3 (Biemont and Cizeron, 1999)
Name Synonym	mdg3 element
Secondary FlyBase IDs
	FBgn0015167
References ( 6 )
Research paper	Vieira et al., 2002, Mol. Biol. Evol. 19(7): 1154--1161 Evolution of genome size in Drosophila. Is the invader's genome being invaded by transposable elements? [FBrf0149104] Vieira et al., 2000, Genet. Res. (Camb.) 76(1): 117--119 High copy numbers of multiple transposable element families in an Australian population of Drosophila simulans. [FBrf0130140] Biemont and Cizeron, 1999, Genetica 105(1): 43--62 Distribution of transposable elements in Drosophila species. [FBrf0111330] Vieira et al., 1999, Mol. Biol. Evol. 16(9): 1251--1255 Wake up of transposable elements following Drosophila simulans worldwide colonization. [FBrf0111510] Nuzhdin, 1995, Genet. Res. (Camb.) 66(2): 159--166 The distribution of transposable elements on X chromosomes from a natural population of Drosophila simulans. [FBrf0084234] Leibovich et al., 1992, Genetika, Moscow 28(4): 85--96 Sravnitel'nyi analiz lokalizatsii i podvizhnosti retrotranspozonov u vidov-bliznetsov Drosophila simulans i Drosophila melanogaster. [Comparative analysis of the localization and mobility of retrotransposons in sibling species Drosophila simulans and Drosophila melanogaster.] [FBrf0056301]