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Active miniature transposons from a plant genome and its nonrecombining Y chromosome.
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- The slowdown of Y chromosome expansion in dioecious Silene latifolia due to DNA loss and male-specific silencing of retrotransposons.BMC genomics · 2018Article
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- Identifying new sex-linked genes through BAC sequencing in the dioecious plant Silene latifolia.BMC genomics · 2015Article
- Genetics of dioecy and causal sex chromosomes in plants.Journal of genetics · 2014Review
- Testing for the footprint of sexually antagonistic polymorphisms in the pseudoautosomal region of a plant sex chromosome pair.Genetics · 2013Article
- Expansion of the pseudo-autosomal region and ongoing recombination suppression in the Silene latifolia sex chromosomes.Genetics · 2013Article
- Sequencing papaya X and Yh chromosomes reveals molecular basis of incipient sex chromosome evolution.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012Article
- Rapid de novo evolution of X chromosome dosage compensation in Silene latifolia, a plant with young sex chromosomes.PLoS biology · 2012Article
- Genomic diversity in two related plant species with and without sex chromosomes--Silene latifolia and S. vulgaris.PloS one · 2012Article
- Sequencing of pooled DNA samples (Pool-Seq) uncovers complex dynamics of transposable element insertions in Drosophila melanogaster.PLoS genetics · 2012Article
- Recent transposition activity of Xenopus T2 family miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements.Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG · 2011Article
- A specific insertion of a solo-LTR characterizes the Y-chromosome of Bryonia dioica (Cucurbitaceae).BMC research notes · 2010Article
- The evolution of transposable elements in natural populations of self-fertilizing Arabidopsis thaliana and its outcrossing relative Arabidopsis lyrata.BMC evolutionary biology · 2010Article
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Abstract
Mechanisms involved in eroding fitness of evolving Y chromosomes have been the focus of much theoretical and empirical work. Evolving Y chromosomes are expected to accumulate transposable elements (TEs), but it is not known whether such accumulation contributes to their genetic degeneration. Among TEs, miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements are nonautonomous DNA transposons, often inserted in introns and untranslated regions of genes. Thus, if they invade Y-linked genes and selection against their insertion is ineffective, they could contribute to genetic degeneration of evolving Y chromosomes. Here, we examine the population dynamics of active MITEs in the young Y chromosomes of the plant Silene latifolia and compare their distribution with those in recombining genomic regions. To isolate active MITEs, we developed a straightforward approach on the basis of the assumption that recent transposon insertions or excisions create singleton or low-frequency size polymorphisms that can be detected in alleles from natural populations. Transposon display was then used to infer the distribution of MITE insertion frequencies. The overall frequency spectrum showed an excess of singleton and low-frequency insertions, which suggests that these elements are readily removed from recombining chromosomes. In contrast, insertions on the Y chromosomes were present at high frequencies. Their potential contribution to Y degeneration is discussed.
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