D. melanogaster transposable elements in Ensembl/Flybase annotations

Question

[Botond Sipos]

Does anybody know if expressed transposable elements are included in the Ensembl/Flybase D. melanogaster gene annotations?

[GenoMax]

Based on a previous response from @Emily_Ensembl Ensembl imports fly annotations in from FlyBase. You can check on FlyBase to see if they are included.

[Botond Sipos]

I have contacted FlyBase regarding this and indeed the expressed TEs are not part of the gene annotation.