Population-specific dynamics and selection patterns of transposable element insertions in European natural populations.

ABSTRACT: Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous sequences in genomes of virtually all species. While TEs have been investigated for several decades, only recently we have the opportunity to study their genome-wide population dynamics. Most of the studies so far have been restricted either to the analysis of the insertions annotated in the reference genome or to the analysis of a limited number of populations. Taking advantage of the European Drosophila population genomics consortium (DrosEU) sequencing data set, we have identified and measured the dynamics of TEs in a large sample of European Drosophila melanogaster natural populations. We showed that the mobilome landscape is population-specific and highly diverse depending on the TE family. In contrast with previous studies based on SNP varia

SUBMITTER: Lerat E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849870 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature