Transposable elements in individual genotypes of Drosophila simulans.

ABSTRACT: Transposable elements are abundant, dynamic components of the genome that affect organismal phenotypes and fitness. In Drosophila melanogaster, they have increased in abundance as the species spread out of Africa, and different populations differ in their transposable element content. However, very little is currently known about how transposable elements differ between individual genotypes, and how that relates to the population dynamics of transposable elements overall. The sister species of D. melanogaster, D. simulans, has also recently become cosmopolitan, and panels of inbred genotypes exist from cosmopolitan and African flies. Therefore, we can determine whether the differences in colonizing populations are repeated in D. simulans, what the dynamics of tr

SUBMITTER: Signor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7141027 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature