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ArticleInsect molecular biology2015

Horizontal transmission of an R4 clade non-long terminal repeat retrotransposon between the divergent Aedes and Anopheles mosquito genera.

J K Biedler, X Chen, Z Tu

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Article in Insect molecular biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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J K BiedlerDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
X Chen
Z Tu

Funding

Characterization &Organization of Transposable ElementsR01AI042121 · NIAID · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI TU, ZHIJIAN JAKE · 2002 to 2006
$1.4M
CHARACTERIZATION &ORGANIZATION OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTSR29AI042121 · NIAID · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI TU, ZHIJIAN JAKE · 1998 to 2002
$236k
NIAID NIH HHS AI42121NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI042121NIAID NIH HHS R29 AI042121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AaegR4_1 and AgamR4_1 are the sole R4 clade non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons in Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae, two species that diverged approximately 145-200 million years ago. Twelve full-length copies were found in Ae. aegypti and have less than 1% nucleotide (nt) divergence, suggesting recent activity on an evolutionary time scale. Five of these copies have intact open reading frames and the 3.6 kb open reading frame of AaegR4_1.1 has 78% nt identity to AgamR4_1.1. No intact copies were found in An. gambiae. Searches of 25 genomic databases for 22 mosquito species from three genera revealed R4 clade representatives in Aedes and Anopheles genera but not in Culex. Interestingly, these elements are present in all six species of the An. gambiae species complex that were searched but not in 13 other anopheline species. These results combined with divergence vs. age analysis suggest that horizontal transfer is the most likely explanation for the low divergence between R4 clade retrotransposon sequences of the divergent mosquito species from the Aedes and Anopheles genera. This is the first report of the horizontal transfer of an R4 clade non-LTR retrotransposon and the first report of the horizontal transfer of a non-LTR retrotransposon in mosquitoes.

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Gene Transfer, HorizontalRetroelementsAedesAnimalsAnophelesEvolution, MolecularOpen Reading FramesRetroelementsevolutionhorizontal transfermosquitonon-long terminal repeat retrotransposontransposable elements

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