Table of Contents

Mobile Genetic Elements as Natural Tools for Genome Evolution.- Detection of Transposable Elements in Drosophila Salivary Gland Polytene Chromosomes by In Situ Hybridization.- Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization With Transposable Element Probes to Mitotic Chromosomal Heterochromatin of Drosophila.- Southern Blot Analysis of Individual Drosophila Flies.- Computational Analysis of Transposable Element Sequences.- Biochemical Analysis of Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons.- Tn5 as a Molecular Genetics Tool.- Gene Targeting in Drosophila.- TE-Based Mutagenesis Systems in Plants.- The Use of Double-Stranded RNA to Knock Down Specific Gene Activity.- The Application of LTR Retrotransposons as Molecular Markers in Plants.- MITE Display.- Retroposon Mapping in Molecular Systematics.- Transformation Systems in Insects.- Transposable Elements for Transgenesis and Insertional Mutagenesis in Vertebrates.