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Molecular Biology and Evolution 18:1952-1958 (2001)
© 2001 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Possible Horizontal Transfer of a Transposable Element from Host to Parasitoid

Mikio Yoshiyama, Zhijian Tu, Youichi Kainoh, Hiroshi Honda, Toshio Shono and Kiyoshi Kimura

Laboratory of Applied Zoology, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;
Department of Entomology, University of Arizona;
Laboratory of Apiculture, Department of Animal Genetics, National Institute of Animal Industry, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Full-length mariner-like elements (MLEs) were identified from both a parasitoid wasp, Ascogaster reticulatus, and its moth host, Adoxophyes honmai. MLEs were detected in two related Tortricid moths, but not in another Ascogaster species. The MLEs of A. reticulatus and A. honmai were 97.6% identical in DNA sequence. This high similarity suggests a recent horizontal transfer, probably from the moth host to the wasp parasitoid, facilitated by the intimacy of the host-parasitoid relationship.


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