title: Genomic dynamics of transposable elements in the western clawed frog (Silurana tropicalis).
abstract: Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive DNA sequences that can make new copies of themselves that are inserted elsewhere in a host genome. The abundance and distributions of TEs vary considerably among phylogenetically diverse hosts. With the aim of exploring the basis of this variation, we evaluated correlations between several genomic variables and the presence of TEs and non-TE repeats in the complete genome sequence of the Western clawed frog (Silurana tropicalis). This analysis reveals patterns of TE insertion consistent with gene disruption but not with the insertional preference model. Analysis of non-TE repeats recovered unique features of their genome-wide distribution when compared with TE repeats, including no strong correlation with exons and a particularly strong negative correlation with GC content. We also collected polymorphism data from 25 TE insertion sites in 19 wild-caught S. tropicalis individuals. DNA transposon insertions were fixed at eight of nine sites and at a high frequency at one of nine, whereas insertions of long terminal repeat (LTR) and non-LTR retrotransposons were fixed at only 4 of 16 sites and at low frequency at 12 of 16. A maximum likelihood model failed to attribute these differences in insertion frequencies to variation in selection pressure on different classes of TE, opening the possibility that other phenomena such as variation in rates of replication or duration of residence in the genome could play a role. Taken together, these results identify factors that sculpt heterogeneity in TE distribution in S. tropicalis and illustrate that genomic dynamics differ markedly among TE classes and between TE and non-TE repeats.
authors: Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Jiangshan J
authors: JJ
authors: Shen
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Dushoff
authors: Adam J
authors: AJ
authors: Bewick
authors: Frédéric J J
authors: FJ
authors: Chain
authors: Ben J
authors: BJ
authors: Evans
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016678:Genome; D040481:Genome Components; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics; D014981:Xenopus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements
keywords: African clawed frogs; GC content; Xenopus tropicalis; gene expression; genome evolution; natural selection
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