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SUBMITTER: Schrader L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4284661 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schrader Lukas L Kim Jay W JW Ence Daniel D Zimin Aleksey A Klein Antonia A Wyschetzki Katharina K Weichselgartner Tobias T Kemena Carsten C Stökl Johannes J Schultner Eva E Wurm Yannick Y Smith Christopher D CD Yandell Mark M Heinze Jürgen J Gadau Jürgen J Oettler Jan J
Nature communications 20141216
Adaptation requires genetic variation, but founder populations are generally genetically depleted. Here we sequence two populations of an inbred ant that diverge in phenotype to determine how variability is generated. Cardiocondyla obscurior has the smallest of the sequenced ant genomes and its structure suggests a fundamental role of transposable elements (TEs) in adaptive evolution. Accumulations of TEs (TE islands) comprising 7.18% of the genome evolve faster than other regions with regard to ...[more]