Article
Divergence of Drosophila melanogaster repeatomes in response to a sharp microclimate contrast in Evolution Canyon, Israel.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Jul 2014
Kim Young Bun, Oh Jung Hun, McIver Lauren J, Rashkovetsky Eugenia, Michalak Katarzyna, Garner Harold R, Kang Lin, Nevo Eviatar, Korol Abraham B, Michalak Pawel
Abstract excerpt
Repeat sequences, especially mobile elements, make up large portions of most eukaryotic genomes and provide enormous, albeit commonly underappreciated, evolutionary potential. We analyzed repeatomes of Drosophila melanogaster that have been diverging in response to a microclimate contrast in Evolution Canyon (Mount Carmel, Israel), a natural evolutionary laboratory with two abutting slopes at an average distance...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Chromosomes, Insect
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Genetic Variation
- Israel
- Microclimate
- Microsatellite Repeats
