Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 11, 40-50, Copyright © 1994 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
JB Clark, WP Maddison and MG Kidwell
Nucleotide sequence comparisons were used to investigate the evolution of P
transposable elements and the possibility that horizontal transfer has
played a role in their occurrence in natural populations of Drosophila and
other Diptera. The phylogeny of P elements was examined using published
sequences from eight dipteran taxa and a new, partial sequence from
Scaptomyza elmoi. The results from a number of different analyses are
highly consistent and reveal a P-element phylogeny that contradicts the
phylogeny of the species. At least three instances of horizontal transfer
are necessary to explain this incongruence, but other explanations cannot
be ruled out at this time.
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Phylogenetic analysis supports horizontal transfer of P transposable elements
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
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