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Download Solution PDFA group of transposable elements described as ‘retroelements’ encompass
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Option 3 i.e.Copia element in Drosophila; LINES as well as SINES in human
Concept:
- Retroelements: RNA- and reverse-transcribed-to-DNA elements that are inserted into a new location in the genome.
- In retrotransposons and retrovirus-like elements, there exist long terminal repeats (LTRs) that resemble those seen in retroviruses.
- LTRs are absent from retroposons like SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS and LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS.
- SINEs and LINEs are two types of interspersed retrotransposable elements that use RNA intermediates to invade new genomic locations.
- SINEs and LINEs make up at least 34% of the human genome and are present in practically all eukaryotes (but not Saccharomyces cerevisiae).
Explanation:
Option:- Copia element in Drosophila; LINES as well as SINES in human
- A retrotransposon called the Copia element is present in drosophila and is thought to have been horizontally transferred from some populations of Drosophila williston to Drosophila melanogaster.
- LINES as well as SINES both are present in the genome of Humans.
- P transposable elements were found to be the root causes of the hybrid dysgenesis syndrome of genetic characteristics in Drosophila.
- The germline-specific short RNA piwi-interacting (piRNA) pathway is associated with a distinctive pattern of maternal inheritance seen in hybrid dysgenesis.
Therefore, option B is correct.
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