Capy P
Laboratoire Populations, Génétique et Evolution, CNRS, Gif/Yvette, France.
Cytogenet Genome Res. 2005;110(1-4):457-61. doi: 10.1159/000084978.
The classification and nomenclature of retrotransposable elements is reviewed. A comparison is made between the initial classification summarized in Capy et al. (1997b), and the more recent proposal based on the classification of the viruses (Hull, 2001). Several problems, mainly relating to the position of elements belonging to the DIRS-like or Bel-like groups, are discussed. The first classification is now out of date, and must be revisited to take account of the discovery of new elements, however the second cannot be extended to the DNA elements. There is therefore, clear evidence of the need to adopt a general and a common classification.
本文综述了反转录转座元件的分类和命名。比较了Capy等人（1997b）总结的初始分类与基于病毒分类的最新提议（Hull，2001）。讨论了几个主要与DIRS样或Bel样元件组中元件位置相关的问题。第一种分类现在已经过时，必须重新审视以考虑新元件的发现，然而第二种分类不能扩展到DNA元件。因此，有明确证据表明需要采用一种通用的分类方法。
