The LTR retrotransposon micropia in the cardini group of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae): a possible case of horizontal transfer Export

@article{citeulike:4013713, abstract = {Abstract\ \ The presence of the micropia retroelement from the Ty1-copia family of LTR retroelements was investigated in three species of the Drosophila cardini group. Southern blot analysis suggested the existence of at least four micropia copies in the genomes of D. cardinoides, D. neocardini and D. polymorpha populations. The high sequence similarity between dhMiF2 and Dm11 clones (micropia retroelements isolated from D. hydei and D. melanogaster, respectively) with micropia sequences amplified from D. cardini group genome supports the hypothesis that this retroelement plays an active role in horizontal transfer events between D. hydei and the D. cardini group.}, author = {Cordeiro, Juliana and Robe, Lizandra and Loreto, \'{E}lgion and Valente, Vera}, citeulike-article-id = {4013713}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10709-008-9241-2}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/h25766n323p20048}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s10709-008-9241-2}, journal = {Genetica}, keywords = {cardini, drosophila, horizontal\_transfer, ltr, micropia, retrotransposon}, month = {November}, number = {3}, pages = {335--344}, posted-at = {2009-08-10 23:57:05}, priority = {2}, title = {The LTR retrotransposon micropia in the cardini group of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae): a possible case of horizontal transfer}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10709-008-9241-2}, volume = {134}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4013713 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4013713 N2 - Abstract  The presence of the micropia retroelement from the Ty1-copia family of LTR retroelements was investigated in three species of the Drosophila cardini group. Southern blot analysis suggested the existence of at least four micropia copies in the genomes of D. cardinoides, D. neocardini and D. polymorpha populations. The high sequence similarity between dhMiF2 and Dm11 clones (micropia retroelements isolated from D. hydei and D. melanogaster, respectively) with micropia sequences amplified from D. cardini group genome supports the hypothesis that this retroelement plays an active role in horizontal transfer events between D. hydei and the D. cardini group. IS - 3 JF - Genetica EP - 344 TI - The LTR retrotransposon micropia in the cardini group of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae): a possible case of horizontal transfer VL - 134 SP - 335 KW - cardini KW - drosophila KW - horizontal_transfer KW - ltr KW - micropia KW - retrotransposon AU - Cordeiro, Juliana AU - Robe, Lizandra AU - Loreto, Élgion AU - Valente, Vera PY - 2008/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10709-008-9241-2 ER -