Delprat A, Negre B, Puig M, Ruiz A.

PLoS One. 2009 Nov 18;4(11):e7883. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007883

The transposon Galileo generates natural chromosomal inversions in Drosophila by ectopic recombination.

In D. buzzatii, the 2z(3) inversion is flanked by several transposable elements, among which two Galileo repeats (cut-and-paste mechanism, members of the P element family), that “(i) are inserted in opposite orientation; (ii) present exchanged target site duplications; and (iii) are both chimeric”, suggesting ectopic recombination.