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The evolutionary genetics of thehobo transposable element in theDrosophila melanogaster complex

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Hobo elements are a family of transposable elements found inDrosophila melanogaster and its three sibling species:D. simulans, D. mauritiana andD. sechellia. Studies inD. melanogaster have shown thathobo may be mobilized, and that the genetic effects of such mobilizations included the general features of hybrid dysgenesis: mutations, chromosomal rearrangements and gonadal dysgenis in F1 individuals. At the evolutionary level somehobo-hybridizing sequences have also been found in the other members of themelanogaster subgroup and in many members of the relatedmontium subgroup. Surveys of older collected strains ofD. melanogaster suggest that completehobo elements were absent prior to 50 years ago and that they have recently been introduced into this species by horizontal transfer. In this paper we review our findings and those of others, in order to precisely describe the geographical distribution and the evolutionary history ofhobo in theD. melanogaster complex. Studies of the DNA sequences reveal a different level of divergence between the groupD. melanogaster, D. simulans andD. mauritiana and the fourth speciesD. sechellia. The hypothesis of multiple transfers in the recent past into theD. melanogaster complex from a common outside source is discussed.

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  1. Institut de Biocénotique Expérimentale des Agrosystèmes, Université François Rabelais, Avenue Monge, Parc de Grandmont, 37200, Tours, France

    G. Periquet, Y. Bigot & M. H. Hamelin

  2. Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique évolutives, CNRS, 91198, Gif/Yvette Cedex, France

    F. Lemeunier & C. Bazin

  3. Laboratoire d'Immunologie moléculaire, I.B.M.I.G., Faculté des Sciences, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022, Poitiers Cedex, France

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  4. MGC-department of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis, Sylvius Laboratories, University of Leiden, Wassenaarseweg 72, Leiden, The Netherlands

    J. Eeken

  5. Departmento de Génética, Universidad de Valencia, 46100, Burjassot (Valencia), Spain

    M. I. Galindo & L. Pascual

  6. Department of Biology, Loyola University of Chicago, 60626, Chicago, IL, USA

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Periquet, G., Lemeunier, F., Bigot, Y. et al. The evolutionary genetics of thehobo transposable element in theDrosophila melanogaster complex. Genetica 93, 79–90 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01435241

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