Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 15, 1160-1171, Copyright © 1998 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
IK Jordan and JF McDonald
We report the results of a phylogenetic survey of the retrotransposon copia
in the melanogaster subgroup of the Drosophila genus. The polymerase chain
reaction was used to amplify the copia 5' long terminal repeat and the
adjacent untranslated leader region from representative melanogaster
subgroup species. Restriction and sequence analyses of this region reveal
discrete classes of copia size variants within the melanogaster subgroup.
Phylogenetic comparisons of copia sequence data indicate that the size
variants represent different copia subfamilies which diverged prior to
their distribution in the melanogaster subgroup. Our results also suggest
that copia elements have been subject to horizontal and vertical
transmission during their evolution.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Evolution of the copia retrotransposon in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup
Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, USA. ikjordan@uga.cc.uga.edu
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