What are tethering elements?

X Li, M Levine - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2024 - Elsevier
High-resolution Micro-C maps identified a specialized class of regulatory DNAs termed
'tethering elements'(TEs) in Drosophila. These 300–500-bp elements facilitate specific long …

Demonstration of in vivo engineered tandem duplications of varying sizes using CRISPR and recombinases in Drosophila melanogaster

DW Loehlin, GL McClain, M Xu… - G3: Genes, Genomes …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Tandem gene duplicates are important parts of eukaryotic genome structure, yet the
phenotypic effects of new tandem duplications are not well-understood, in part owing to a …