Bertocchi NÁ, Oliveira TDD, Deprá M, Goñi B, Valente VLS. Interpopulation variation of transposable elements of the hAT superfamily in Drosophila willistoni (Diptera: Drosophilidae): in-situ approach.
Genet Mol Biol 2022;
45:e20210287. [PMID:
35297941 PMCID:
PMC8961557 DOI:
10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2021-0287]
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Abstract
Transposable elements are abundant and dynamic part of the genome, influencing
organisms in different ways through their presence or mobilization, or by acting
directly on pre- and post-transcriptional regulatory regions. We compared and
evaluated the presence, structure, and copy number of three hAT
superfamily transposons (hobo, BuT2, and mar)
in five strains of Drosophila willistoni
species. These D. willistoni strains are
of different geographical origins, sampled across the north-south occurrence of
this species. We used sequenced clones of the hAT elements in
fluorescence in-situ hybridizations in the polytene chromosomes
of three strains of D. willistoni. We also analyzed the
structural characteristics and number of copies of these hAT
elements in the 10 currently available sequenced genomes of the
willistoni group. We found that hobo,
BuT2, and mar were widely distributed in
D. willistoni polytene chromosomes and sequenced genomes of
the willistoni group, except for mar, which is
restricted to the subgroup willistoni. Furthermore, the
elements hobo, BuT2, and mar have different
evolutionary histories. The transposon differences among D.
willistoni strains, such as variation in the number, structure, and
chromosomal distribution of hAT transposons, could reflect the
genomic and chromosomal plasticity of D. willistoni species in
adapting to highly variable environments.
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