ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2010
DNA transposon dynamics in populations of Daphnia pulex with and without sex.
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- Engines of change: Transposable element mutation rates are high and variable within Daphnia magna.PLoS genetics · 2021Article
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- Insertion Polymorphisms of Mobile Genetic Elements in Sexual and Asexual Populations of Daphnia pulex.Genome biology and evolution · 2017Article
- Real-time transposable element activity in individual live cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016Article
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- No Accumulation of Transposable Elements in Asexual Arthropods.Molecular biology and evolution · 2016Article
- Transposable element dynamics among asymbiotic and ectomycorrhizal Amanita fungi.Genome biology and evolution · 2014Article
- Impact of ploidy level on the distribution of Pokey element insertions in the Daphnia pulex complex.Mobile DNA · 2014Article
- In and out of the rRNA genes: characterization of Pokey elements in the sequenced Daphnia genome.Mobile DNA · 2013Article
- Mobile element scanning (ME-Scan) identifies thousands of novel Alu insertions in diverse human populations.Genome research · 2013Article
- Evolution of a transposon in Daphnia hybrid genomes.Mobile DNA · 2013Article
- Interspecific differences between D. pulex and D. magna in tolerance to cyanobacteria with protease inhibitors.PloS one · 2013Article
- Copy number variation of ribosomal DNA and Pokey transposons in natural populations of Daphnia.Mobile DNA · 2012Article
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- Evolutionary Implications of Mechanistic Models of TE-Mediated Hybrid Incompatibility.International journal of evolutionary biology · 2012Article
- Selfish genetic elements, genetic conflict, and evolutionary innovation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2011Review
- Mobile element scanning (ME-Scan) by targeted high-throughput sequencing.BMC genomics · 2010Article
- DNA transposons and the role of recombination in mutation accumulation in Daphnia pulex.Genome biology · 2010Article
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Abstract
We investigate the role of recombination in transposable element (TE) proliferation in the cyclical parthenogen, Daphnia pulex. Recombination provides a mechanism by which the rate of both TE gain and loss can be accelerated, a duality that has long intrigued many biologists interested in the influence of sex on mutation accumulation. We compared TE loads among populations of D. pulex where sex occurs regularly (cyclical parthenogens or 'sexuals') with those in which the ability to reproduce sexually has been completely lost (obligate 'asexuals') for six different families of DNA transposons. Transposon display assays showed that sexuals have more TEs than asexuals, contrary to the expectations under Muller's ratchet but consistent with the idea that sex facilitates TE spread. Sexuals also exhibit higher insertion site polymorphism among lineages, as predicted because recombination accelerates rates of loss and gain. Asexuals, however, have proportionally more singletons (loci occupied in a single isolate), which differs from previous studies where selfing and outcrossing were used as a proxy for high and low recombination. Our multi-element survey reveals that the impact of sex on TE proliferation is consistent among different Class II TE families and we discuss the genomic consequences of different reproductive strategies over long time periods.
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