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Chironomus riparius (Diptera) genome sequencing reveals the impact of minisatellite transposable elements on population divergence.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2017
Oppold Ann-Marie, Schmidt Hanno, Rose Marcel, Hellmann Sören Lukas, Dolze Florian, Ripp Fabian, Weich Bettina, Schmidt-Ott Urs, Schmidt Erwin, Kofler Robert, Hankeln Thomas, Pfenninger Markus
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Active transposable elements (TEs) may result in divergent genomic insertion and abundance patterns among conspecific populations. Upon secondary contact, such divergent genetic backgrounds can theoretically give rise to classical Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities (DMI), thus contributing to the evolution of endogenous genetic barriers and eventually causing population divergence. We investigated differential...
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