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hAT transposable elements and their derivatives: an analysis in the 12 Drosophila genomes.

Mauro de Freitas Ortiz, Karina Rodrigues Lorenzatto, Bruna Renata Silva Corrêa, Elgion Lucio Silva Loreto

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Article in Genetica, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Phylogeny of the GenusGenetics · 2018
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  4. The diversification and activity of hAT transposons in Musa genomes.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2014
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Mauro de Freitas OrtizCurso de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Karina Rodrigues Lorenzatto
Bruna Renata Silva Corrêa
Elgion Lucio Silva Loreto

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Abstract

Transposable elements (TEs) comprise a significant fraction of the genome, and some models of the TE "life cycle" suggest that, in the last phases of the cycle, TEs should be represented, in the genomes, by inactive and degenerated copies. In this study, we analyzed, using a bioinformatics approach, the autonomous hAT elements and their derivatives (active non-autonomous, MITE relatives and degenerated copies) in 12 Drosophila genomes. We found 28 hAT elements that had derivatives. Most copies had features that suggested that they were active, while only a few degenerated copies were found. Because hAT elements comprise an evolutionarily old superfamily, one should expect to find many degenerated copies within the genome, although this was not observed in our study. These results suggest that primarily active copies of hAT elements are maintained in the euchromatic regions of the genome and that degenerated copies are removed from the genome by natural selection.

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Genome, InsectAnimalsBase SequenceDNA Transposable ElementsDrosophilaMolecular Sequence DataDNA Transposable Elements

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