Ahmad, A.; Su, X.; Harris, A.; Ren, Z. Closing the Gap: Horizontal Transfer of Mariner Transposons between Rhus Gall Aphids and Other Insects. Biology2022, 11, 731.
Ahmad, A.; Su, X.; Harris, A.; Ren, Z. Closing the Gap: Horizontal Transfer of Mariner Transposons between Rhus Gall Aphids and Other Insects. Biology 2022, 11, 731.
Ahmad, A.; Su, X.; Harris, A.; Ren, Z. Closing the Gap: Horizontal Transfer of Mariner Transposons between Rhus Gall Aphids and Other Insects. Biology2022, 11, 731.
Ahmad, A.; Su, X.; Harris, A.; Ren, Z. Closing the Gap: Horizontal Transfer of Mariner Transposons between Rhus Gall Aphids and Other Insects. Biology 2022, 11, 731.
Abstract
Horizontal transfer of transposons (HTT) is an important source of genomic evolution in eukaryotes. The HTT dynamics is well characterized in eukaryotes including insects however, but there is a huge gap of knowledge about HTT regarding many eukaryotes’ species. In this study we analyzed the events of the HTT between Rhus gall aphids (Hemiptera) and other insects. We analyzed the Mariner-like transposable elements (MLEs) belongs to Rhus gall aphids for the possible HT events. The MLEs have patchy distribution and have high similarity over the entire length of element with insects MLEs from different orders. We selected representative sequences from the Rhus gall MLEs and identified five events of HT between MLEs of Rhus gall aphids and other insects from five different orders. We also found multiple HTT events among the MLEs of insects from the five orders which demonstrate that these Mariner elements have been involved in recurrent HT between these six order of insects. Our current study closed the knowledge gap of HTT and reported the events between Rhus gall aphids and other insects for the first time. We believe that this study about HTT events will help to understand the evolution and spread of transposable elements in the genomes of Rhus gall aphids.
Keywords
horizontal transfer; Rhus gall aphids; Mariner transposable elements
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Insect Science
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