%0 Journal Article
%T New mariner elements in Anastrepha species (Diptera: Tephritidae)
%A Marcon
%A HS
%A Domingues
%A DS
%A Coscrato
%A VE
%A Selivon
%A D
%A Perondini
%A ALP
%A Marino
%A CL
%J Neotropical Entomology
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1519-566X2011000500008
%X mariner-like elements (mle) are members from class ii of transposable elements also known as dna transposons. these elements have a wide distribution among different groups of organisms, including insects, which can be explained by horizontal and vertical gene-transfer. mle families have been described in tephritid flies and other genera. during screening for wolbachia bacteria in fruit flies of the genus anastrepha, we discovered two sequences related to mariner-like elements. based on these sequences, we designed primers that allowed us to isolate and characterize two new mariner-like elements (anmar1 and anmar2) in anastrepha flies. these elements, which belong to the mellifera and rosa subfamilies have a low nucleotide diversity, and are probably inactive and acquired by vertical transfer. this is the first report of mariner-like transposons in flies found in south america.
%K fruit fly
%K mellifera
%K tephritid
%K transposon
%K rosa.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1519-566X2011000500008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en