ArticleNature communications2017
High-frequency recombination between members of an LTR retrotransposon family during transposition bursts.
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- Evolving Together: Cassandra Retrotransposons Gradually Mirror Promoter Mutations of the 5S rRNA Genes.Molecular biology and evolution · 2024Article
- Extrachromosomal circular DNA and structural variants highlight genome instability in Arabidopsis epigenetic mutants.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Detection of long terminal repeat loci derived from endogenous retrovirus in junglefowl using whole-genome sequencing.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Rearranged Endogenized Plant Pararetroviruses as Evidence of Heritable RNA-based Immunity.Molecular biology and evolution · 2023Article
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- Genomic impact of stress-induced transposable element mobility in Arabidopsis.Nucleic acids research · 2021Article
- Unearthing LTR Retrotransposon gag Genes Co-opted in the Deep Evolution of Eukaryotes.Molecular biology and evolution · 2021Article
- The Dfam community resource of transposable element families, sequence models, and genome annotations.Mobile DNA · 2021Article
- ecc_finder: A Robust and Accurate Tool for Detecting Extrachromosomal Circular DNA From Sequencing Data.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- The Cassandra retrotransposon landscape in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) and related Amaranthaceae: recombination and re-shuffling lead to a high structural variability.Annals of botany · 2021Article
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Abstract
Retrotransposons containing long terminal repeats (LTRs) form a substantial fraction of eukaryotic genomes. The timing of past transposition can be estimated by quantifying the accumulation of mutations in initially identical LTRs. This way, retrotransposons are divided into young, potentially mobile elements, and old that moved thousands or even millions of years ago. Both types are found within a single retrotransposon family and it is assumed that the old members will remain immobile and degenerate further. Here, we provide evidence in Arabidopsis that old members enter into replication/transposition cycles through high rates of intra-family recombination. The recombination occurs pairwise, resembling the formation of recombinant retroviruses. Thus, each transposition burst generates a novel progeny population of chromosomally integrated LTR retrotransposons consisting of pairwise recombination products produced in a process comparable the sexual exchange of genetic information. Our observations provide an explanation for the reported high rates of sequence diversification in retrotransposons.
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