New mariner elements in Anastrepha species (Diptera: Tephritidae)
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2011-09-01
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Entomological Soc Brasil
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Mariner-like elements (MLE) are members from class II of transposable elements also known as DNA transposons. These elements have a wide distribution among different groups of organisms, including insects, which can be explained by horizontal and vertical gene-transfer. MLE families have been described in tephritid flies and other genera. During screening for Wolbachia bacteria in fruit flies of the genus Anastrepha, we discovered two sequences related to mariner-like elements. Based on these sequences, we designed primers that allowed us to isolate and characterize two new mariner-like elements (Anmar1 and Anmar2) in Anastrepha flies. These elements, which belong to the mellifera and rosa subfamilies have a low nucleotide diversity, and are probably inactive and acquired by vertical transfer. This is the first report of mariner-like transposons in flies found in South America.
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Fruit fly, mellifera, tephritid, transposon, rosa
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Neotropical Entomology. Londrina,: Entomological Soc Brasil, v. 40, n. 5, p. 568-U117, 2011.