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Journal Article
Transposable element islands facilitate adaptation to novel environments in an invasive species
2014
Overview
Adaptation requires genetic variation, but founder populations are generally genetically depleted. Here we sequence two populations of an inbred ant that diverge in phenotype to determine how variability is generated.
Cardiocondyla obscurior
has the smallest of the sequenced ant genomes and its structure suggests a fundamental role of transposable elements (TEs) in adaptive evolution. Accumulations of TEs (TE islands) comprising 7.18% of the genome evolve faster than other regions with regard to single-nucleotide variants, gene/exon duplications and deletions and gene homology. A non-random distribution of gene families, larvae/adult specific gene expression and signs of differential methylation in TE islands indicate intragenomic differences in regulation, evolutionary rates and coalescent effective population size. Our study reveals a tripartite interplay between TEs, life history and adaptation in an invasive species.
Genetic variation is key to species evolution. Here the authors sequence two phenotypically distinct populations of the ant
Cardiocondyla obscurior
, and find accumulations of transposable elements correlating with genetic variation that may have a role in differentiation, adaptation and speciation.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Pub. Group
Subject
/ Animals
/ Brazil
/ Exons
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Islands
/ Japan
/ Larvae
/ Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
/ Science
