Complex Evolutionary History of Mboumar, a Mariner Element Widely Represented in Ant Genomes.

ABSTRACT: Mboumar-9 is an active mariner-transposable element previously isolated in the ant Messor bouvieri. In this work, a mariner-like element, Mboumar, isolated from 22 species of ants, is analyzed. These species belong to nine different subfamilies, including Leptanillinae, the most primitive ant subfamily, and Myrmicinae and Formicidae, the most derived ones. Consequently, Mboumar-like elements seem to be well-represented in ant genomes. The phylogenetic tree drawn for mariner elements is highly inconsistent with the phylogeny of host ants, with almost identical elements found in clearly distant species and, on the contrary, more variable elements in closely related species. The inconsistency between the two phylogenetic trees indicates that these transposable elements have evolved independen

SUBMITTER: Sanllorente O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7018970 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature