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EVOLUTION AND EXTINCTION OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS IN MENDELIAN POPULATIONS
Norman Kaplan 1, Tom Darden 1, and Charles H. Langley 1
1 Biometry and Risk Assessment Program and Laboratory of Genetics,
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27709
A model of the evolution of a transposable element family in a Mendelian host population is proposed that incorporates heritable phenotypic mutations in the elements. The temporal behavior of the numbers of mutant and wild-type elements is studied, and the expected extinction time of the transposable element family is examined. Our results indicate that, if the mutant can be transposed equally well in the presence of the wild type, then it can be expected to be found in preponderance, whereas elements, such as retroviruses, where the transposing genome and its phenotypic expression are coupled, may be characterized by a low mutant frequency.
Submitted on December 30, 1983Accepted on October 18, 1984
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