Widespread evidence for horizontal transfer of transposable elements across Drosophilagenomes

2009151 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Carolina Bartolomé · Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Xabier Bello · Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Xulio Maside · Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Abstract

The genome-wide patterns of sequence diversity of the active autonomous TEs in the genomes of D. melanogaster, D. simulans and D. yakuba suggest that one-third of the TE families originated by recent HT between these species. This result emphasizes the important role of horizontal transmission in the natural history of Drosophila TEs.

Topics & Keywords

Chromosomal and Genetic Variations Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Genome biology

Volume 10, Issue 2, pp. R22-R22

DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-2-r22

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