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 |
: | 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. |