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| Title |
NUMTs in the Sponge Genome Reveal Conserved Transposition Mechanisms in Metazoans
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| Published in |
Molecular Biology and Evolution, August 2010
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| DOI | 10.1093/molbev/msq217 |
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| Authors |
D. Erpenbeck, O. Voigt, M. Adamski, B.J. Woodcroft, J.N.A. Hooper, G. Wörheide, B.M. Degnan |
| Abstract |
The transposition of parts of the mitochondrial (mt) genetic material into the nuclear genome (NUMTs) occurs in a wide range of eukaryotes. Here, we show that NUMTs exist for nearly all regions of the mt genome in the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica, a representative of the oldest phyletic lineage of animals. Because the sponge NUMTs are small and noncoding, and transposed via a DNA intermediate, as in eumetazoans, we infer that the transpositonal processes underlying NUMT formation in contemporary animals existed in their most recent common ancestor. In contrast to most bilaterians, Amphimedon NUMTs are inserted into regions of high gene density. Given the common features of metazoan NUMTs, the reduction in animal mt genome sizes relative to other eukaryotes may be the product of the mt DNA transposition mechanisms that evolved along the metazoan stem. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 64 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 5% |
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 54 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 25% |
| Researcher | 15 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 5 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 45 | 70% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 14% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 6 | 9% |
Attention Score in Context
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