ArticleGenetics2005
The first steps of transposable elements invasion: parasitic strategy vs. genetic drift.
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- On the origin of the P-element invasion in Drosophila simulans.Mobile DNA · 2025Article
- Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNA and retroelement sequences and its implications for the chromosomal evolution process in Ctenoluciidae (Characiformes).BMC ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Horizontal transfer and the widespread presence of Galileo transposons in Drosophilidae (Insecta: Diptera).Genetics and molecular biology · 2024Article
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- The composition of piRNA clusters in Drosophila melanogaster deviates from expectations under the trap model.BMC biology · 2023Article
- Reactivation of a somatic errantivirus and germline invasion in Drosophila ovaries.Nature communications · 2023Article
- From parasites to partners: exploring the intricacies of host-transposon dynamics and coevolution.Functional & integrative genomics · 2023Review
- Multiple and diversified transposon lineages contribute to early and recent bivalve genome evolution.BMC biology · 2023Article
- Insights into mammalian TE diversity through the curation of 248 genome assemblies.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Recent transposable element bursts are associated with the proximity to genes in a fungal plant pathogen.PLoS pathogens · 2023Article
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Abstract
Transposable elements are often considered as selfish DNA sequences able to invade the genome of their host species. Their evolutive dynamics are complex, due to the interaction between their intrinsic amplification capacity, selection at the host level, transposition regulation, and genetic drift. Here, we propose modeling the first steps of TE invasion, i.e., just after a horizontal transfer, when a single copy is present in the genome of one individual. If the element has a constant transposition rate, it will disappear in most cases: the elements with low-transposition rate are frequently lost through genetic drift, while those with high-transposition rate may amplify, leading to the sterility of their host. Elements whose transposition rate is regulated are able to successfully invade the populations, thanks to an initial transposition burst followed by a strong limitation of their activity. Self-regulation or hybrid dysgenesis may thus represent some genome-invasion parasitic strategies.
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