Transposable element loads in a bacterial symbiont of weevils are extremely variable

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2008
Authors:K. M. Dougherty, Plague G. R.
Journal:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume:74
Pagination:7832-7834
Date Published:December
Type of Article:Article
:0099-2240
:Curculionoidea, Sitophilus zeamais
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Not only are transposable elements profuse in the bacterial endosymbiont of maize weevils, but we found that their quantities also vary 10-fold among individual weevils. Because multicopy elements can facilitate homologous recombination, this insertion sequence (IS) load variability suggests that these essentially asexual bacteria may exhibit substantial intraspecific genomic variation.

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