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Transposable element abundance correlates with mode of transmission in microsporidian parasites

de Albuquerque, Nathalia Rammé Medeiros and Ebert, Dieter and Haag, Karen Luisa. (2020) Transposable element abundance correlates with mode of transmission in microsporidian parasites. Mobile DNA, 11. p. 19.

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Abstract

The extreme genome reduction and physiological simplicity of some microsporidia has been attributed to their intracellular, obligate parasitic lifestyle. Although not all microsporidian genomes are small (size range from about 2 to 50 MB), it is suggested that the size of their genomes has been streamlined by natural selection. We explore the hypothesis that vertical transmission in microsporidia produces population bottlenecks, and thus reduces the effectiveness of natural selection. Here we compare the transposable element (TE) content of 47 microsporidian genomes, and show that genome size is positively correlated with the amount of TEs, and that species that experience vertical transmission have larger genomes with higher proportion of TEs. Our findings are consistent with earlier studies inferring that nonadaptive processes play an important role in microsporidian evolution.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Evolutionary Biology (Ebert)
UniBasel Contributors:Ebert, Dieter and Haag, Karen
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
ISSN:1759-8753
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:22 Feb 2021 12:02
Deposited On:22 Feb 2021 12:02

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