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SUBMITTER: Arkhipova IR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1188004 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arkhipova Irina R IR Meselson Matthew M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20050804 33
We surveyed the diversity, structural organization, and patterns of evolution of DNA transposons in rotifers of the class Bdelloidea, a group of basal triploblast animals that appears to have evolved for millions of years without sexual reproduction. Representatives of five superfamilies were identified: ITm (IS630/Tc/mariner), hAT, piggyBac, helitron, and foldback. Except for mariners, no fully intact copies were found. Mariners, both intact and decayed, are present in high copy number, and tho ...[more]