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Activity of Ancient RTE Retroposons during the Evolution of Cows, Spiral-Horned Antelopes, and Nilgais (Bovinae)

Nilsson, Maria LU ; Klassert, D. ; Bertelsen, M. F. ; Hallstroem, B. M. and Janke, A. (2012) In Molecular biology and evolution 29(10). p.2885-2888
Abstract
In the genome of Artiodactyla (cow, sheep, pigs, camels, and whales), a major retroposon group originated from a presumable horizontal transfer of BovB, a retrotransposon-like element retroposon, between 52 and 70 million years ago. Since then, BovB retroposons have proliferated and today occupy a quarter of the cow's genome sequence. The BovB-related short interspersed elements (SINEs) were used for resolving the phylogeny of Bovinae (cows, spiral-horned antelopes, and nilgais) and their relatives. In silico screening of 55,000 intronic retroposon insertions in the cow genome and experimental validation of 126 introns resulted in 29 informative retroposon markers for resolving bovine evolutionary relationships. A... (More)
In the genome of Artiodactyla (cow, sheep, pigs, camels, and whales), a major retroposon group originated from a presumable horizontal transfer of BovB, a retrotransposon-like element retroposon, between 52 and 70 million years ago. Since then, BovB retroposons have proliferated and today occupy a quarter of the cow's genome sequence. The BovB-related short interspersed elements (SINEs) were used for resolving the phylogeny of Bovinae (cows, spiral-horned antelopes, and nilgais) and their relatives. In silico screening of 55,000 intronic retroposon insertions in the cow genome and experimental validation of 126 introns resulted in 29 informative retroposon markers for resolving bovine evolutionary relationships. A transposition-in-transposition analysis identifies three different phases of SINE activity and show how BovB elements have expanded in the cattle genome. (Less)
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Artiodactyla, retroposon, RTE, SINE, Bovinae, Boselaphus, Tragelaphus, Bos
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Molecular biology and evolution
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29
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10
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2885 - 2888
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Oxford University Press
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0737-4038
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10.1093/molbev/mss158
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English
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  abstract     = {{In the genome of Artiodactyla (cow, sheep, pigs, camels, and whales), a major retroposon group originated from a presumable horizontal transfer of BovB, a retrotransposon-like element retroposon, between 52 and 70 million years ago. Since then, BovB retroposons have proliferated and today occupy a quarter of the cow's genome sequence. The BovB-related short interspersed elements (SINEs) were used for resolving the phylogeny of Bovinae (cows, spiral-horned antelopes, and nilgais) and their relatives. In silico screening of 55,000 intronic retroposon insertions in the cow genome and experimental validation of 126 introns resulted in 29 informative retroposon markers for resolving bovine evolutionary relationships. A transposition-in-transposition analysis identifies three different phases of SINE activity and show how BovB elements have expanded in the cattle genome.}},
  author       = {{Nilsson, Maria and Klassert, D. and Bertelsen, M. F. and Hallstroem, B. M. and Janke, A.}},
  issn         = {{0737-4038}},
  keywords     = {{Artiodactyla; retroposon; RTE; SINE; Bovinae; Boselaphus; Tragelaphus; Bos}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{2885--2888}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Molecular biology and evolution}},
  title        = {{Activity of Ancient RTE Retroposons during the Evolution of Cows, Spiral-Horned Antelopes, and Nilgais (Bovinae)}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mss158}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/molbev/mss158}},
  volume       = {{29}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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