Transposable Elements and Evolution

I. Editorial overview by J.F. McDonald.- II. Retroviral-like transposable elements and regulatory evolution.- * Retrotransposons and the evolution of mammalian gene expression.- Discussion Robins.- * Intragenic suppression: Stalker, a retrovirus-like transposable element, can compensate for a deficiency at the cut locus of Drosophila melanogaster.- Discussion Gerasimova.- * The splicing of transposable elements and their role in intron evolution.- Discussion Wessler.- A model for the maintenance of RLE-mediated regulatory variation in natural populations.- III. Factors influencing the frequency and distribution of transposable elements in natural populations.- * The population biology and evolutionary significance of Ty elements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Discussion Adams.- * Population genetics of transposable DNA elements: A Drosophila point of view.- Discussion Biémont.- * Genomic distribution of transposable elements among individuals of an inbred Drosophila line.- Discussion Junakovic.- * Genome canalization: The coevolution of Transposable and Interspersed Repetitive Elements with single copy DNA.- Discussion Herrera/von Sternberg.- * Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.- Discussion Hicky.- * Transposable elements and the evolution of genome organization in mammals.- Discussion Wichman.- * Horizontal transfer of P elements and other short inverted repeat transposons.- Discussion Kidwell.- * I elements and the Drosophila genome.- Discussion Bucheton.- The transposable element hobo in Drosophila melanogaster and related species.- * The role of the transposable element hobo in the origin of endemic inversions in wild populations of Drosophila melanogaster.- Discussion Lyttle.- * Transposable DNA elements and life historytraits I. Transposition of P DNA elements in somatic cells reduces the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster.- Discussion Woodruff.- The retrotransposon family micropia in Drosophila species.- IV. Transposable elements and speciation.- * Genetic instability and rapid speciation: are they coupled?.- Discussion Fontdevila.- V. The evolutionary history of transposable elements.- * Tyl-copia group retrotransposons and the evolution of retroelements in the eukaryotes.- Discussion Flavell.- * Evolution of the transposable element Uhu in five species of Hawaiian Drosophila.- * Evolution of the transposable element mariner in the Drosophila melanogaster species group.- Discussion Capy.- * Arabidopsis and cotton (Gossypium) as models for studying copia-like retrotransposon evolution.- Discussion Voytas.- * Evolution of Ac and Dsl elements in selected grasses (Poaceae).- Discussion MacRae/Clegg.- VI. Is the neo-Darwinian paradigm in need of revision?.- * Natural genetic engineering.- Discussion Shapiro.