Why Study the F Element?

This video provides a 50-minute talk on our motivation and progress for the F Element “expansion” Project. The talk briefly introduces the

• C-value paradox (2 slides);
• the need to silence repeats (3 slides);
• basic chromatin structure (3 slides);
• heterochromatin and the F Element (6 slides);
• mapping the F Element in D. melanogaster for repeats and heterochromatin structure (10 slides);
• examining the Transcription Start Site, looking for regulatory motifs (6 slides);
• describing the “F Element expansion” project and our initial findings (8 slides).