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the fact that in mammals many UCEs serve as developmental enhancers (de la Calle-Mustienes et al. 2005; Woolfe et al. 2005; Pennacchio et al. 2006; Visel et al. 2008) prompted us to consider a plausible role of Drosophila UCEs in transcriptional regulation.