Elena R. Lozovskaya

TL;DR: Phylogenetic analysis of a non-LTR element, Helena, demonstrates that copies lose DNA at an unusually high rate, suggesting that lack of pseudogenes in Drosophila is the product of rampant deletion of DNA in unconstrained regions, and has important implications for the study of genome evolution in general and the 'C-value paradox' in particular.

TL;DR: Two mechanisms that may be operative in mariner regulation are identified, one mechanism is overproduction inhibition, in which excessive wild-type transposase reduces the rate of excision of a target element, and a second mechanism is dominant-negative complementation, inwhich certain mutant transpos enzyme proteins antagonize the activity of the wild- type transposable elements.

TL;DR: A system of hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila virilis in which at least four unrelated transposable elements are all mobilized following a dysgenic cross is described, which is largely consistent with the superposition of at least three different systems of hybrid Dysgenesis.

TL;DR: The issue of regulation is not only of theoretical importance in understanding the molecular and evolutionary genetics of MLEs, but also of practical significance in learning how best to use Mles in the germline transformation of insect pests and disease vectors.

TL;DR: The developmental profile of Adh transcription suggests a distal/proximal promoter switch analogous to that in D. melanogaster, and the Adh genes in all species of the D. virilis group have among the lowest codon bias of any AdH genes so far reported in the genus Drosophila.