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| Desmarais, Erick; Belkhir, Khalid; Garza, John Carlos; Bonhomme, Francois. |
| Solitary LTR loci are the predominant form of LTR retrotransposons in most eukaryotic genomes. They originate from recombination between the two LTRs of an ancestral retrovirus and are therefore incapable of transposition. Despite this inactivity, they appear to have a substantial impact on the host genome. Here we use the murine RMER10 LTR family as an example to describe how such elements can reshape regions of the genome through multiple mutations on an evolutionary time scale. Specifically, we use phylogenetic analysis of multiple copies of RMER10 in rodent species, as well as comparisons of orthologous pairs in mouse and rat, to argue that insertions of members of this family have locally induced the emergence of tandem repeat loci as well as many... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: RMER10; Simple tandem repeats; LTR retrotransposons; Mouse genome. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2091.pdf |
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