Chapter 11-b Transposon.pptVIP

Ds and Ac of Maize Ds (dissociator) cannot transpose on its own Must have help from an autonomous transposon, Ac (for activator) Ac supplies transposase Ds is an Ac element with most of its middle removed Ds needs A pair of inverted terminal repeats Adjacent short sequences that Ac transposase can recognize Structures of Ac and Ds P Elements The P-M system of hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila is caused by conjunction of 2 factors: Transposable element (P) contributed by the male M cytoplasm contributed by the female allows transposition of the P element Hybrid offspring of P males and M female