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not annotated - annotated - LINNAEUS only
Natural history and intragenomic dynamics of the Transib transposon Hztransib in the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa zea.
Hztransib, recently identified from Helicoverpa zea, represents the first intact and transcriptionally active Transib element. Its open reading frame was detected in Helicoverpa armigera, from which H. zea evolved, and in Helicoverpa assulta, the common ancestor of H. zea and H. armigera, but its remaining parts were found only in H. armigera. Thirty-nine Hztransib insertion sites, all of which are polymorphic, were detected from eight populations of H. zea. Out of the 39 insertion sites, 35 were not frequently occupied, with 1-33 occurrences in a total of 128 individuals from the eight populations (16 larvae per population). Its copy number ranged from 5.8 to 14.2 per individual, with putative intact copies always more abundant than internally deleted ones. Taking this evidence together, Hztransib probably transferred to H. zea from H. armigera and most likely still retains its capacity to maintain structural integrity, increase copy number and remobilize in H. zea.
Ann file
T1 Species 85 100 cotton bollworm
N1 Reference T1 Taxonomy:7113
T2 Species 101 116 Helicoverpa zea
N2 Reference T2 Taxonomy:7113
T3 Species 156 171 Helicoverpa zea
N3 Reference T3 Taxonomy:7113
T4 Species 286 306 Helicoverpa armigera
N4 Reference T4 Taxonomy:29058
T5 Species 319 325 H. zea
N5 Reference T5 Taxonomy:7113
T6 Species 342 361 Helicoverpa assulta
N6 Reference T6 Taxonomy:52344
T7 Species 386 392 H. zea
N7 Reference T7 Taxonomy:7113
T8 Species 397 408 H. armigera
N8 Reference T8 Taxonomy:29058
T9 Species 453 464 H. armigera
N9 Reference T9 Taxonomy:29058
T10 Species 575 581 H. zea
N10 Reference T10 Taxonomy:7113
T11 Species 954 960 H. zea
N11 Reference T11 Taxonomy:7113
T12 Species 966 977 H. armigera
N12 Reference T12 Taxonomy:29058
T13 Species 1094 1100 H. zea
N13 Reference T13 Taxonomy:7113