FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Natural Transposon: Dmel\micropia-like
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General Information
Symbol
micropia-like
Species
D. melanogaster
Feature type
natural_transposable_element
FlyBase ID
FBte0001490
Sequences and Components
Complete element (bp)

5599

(Ellison and Cao, 2020)
Terminal repeat (bp)
Reference sequence
transposon_sequence_set.fa.gz   transposon_sequence_set.gff.gz
Component genes
Sequence Accessions
Sequence Ontology (SO)
Insertions and Copy Number
Copy number and comments
Search for
Target Site Duplication
Size (bp)
Orthologs
Curated drosophilid orthologs
Comments

micropia-like appears to be novel natural transposon, similar to micropia, that has recently invaded the DGRP population.

(Ellison and Cao, 2020)
Other Information
Etymology
External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 0 )
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (2)
Reported As
Symbol Synonym
McLE
(Pianezza et al., 2025)
micropia-like
(Ellison and Cao, 2020)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (2)