Article
Lack of population differentiation patterns of previously identified putatively adaptive transposable element insertions at microgeographic scales.
Biology direct - 14 Oct 2015
González Josefa, Martínez Jose, Makalowski Wojciech
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Transposable elements (TEs) play an important role in genome function and evolution. It has been shown that TEs are a considerable source of adaptive changes in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster. Specifically, footprints of selection at the DNA level, the presence of population differentiation patterns across environmental gradients, and detailed mechanistic and fitness analyses of a few candidate...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Israel