The mariner transposable element in natural populations of Drosophila teissieri

被引:15
作者
Brunet, F [1 ]
Godin, F [1 ]
Bazin, C [1 ]
David, JR [1 ]
Capy, P [1 ]
机构
[1] CNRS,LAB POPULAT GENET & EVOLUT,F-91198 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
关键词
Drosophila teissieri; mariner; transposon; natural populations; deleted elements;
D O I
10.1007/BF02338800
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The mariner transposable elements of several natural populations of Drosophila teissieri, a rain-forest species endemic to tropical Africa, were studied. Natural populations trapped along a transect from Zimbabwe to the Ivory Coast were analyzed by Southern blotting, in situ hybridization, cloning, and sequencing of PCR products. The Brazzaville population had some full-length elements, while the remaining populations had mainly deleted elements. The main class of deleted elements lacked a 500-bp segment. A mechanism is proposed that could generate such elements rapidly. In situ hybridizations showed that there are no Mariner elements in pericentromeric heterochromatin. Finally, the phylogeny of the Mos1-like mariner full-length elements is consistent with vertical transmission from the ancestor of the melanogaster subgroup.
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页码:669 / 675
页数:7
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