Evolutionary dynamics and transposable elements regulation in Drosophila populations and species

• Grant number: 10/10731-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2010
• End date: March 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Animal Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Claudia Marcia Aparecida Carareto
• Grantee: Claudia Marcia Aparecida Carareto
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The transposable elements have an important influence to create genetic variability necessary for adaptation of populations and evolution of species. This project concerns the study of the impact of TEs on the evolution of genomes, populations and species. Knowledge of the mechanisms by which genomes and populations regulate the activity of these elements is a fundamental question of population genetics and functional genomics. In two subprojects, we intend to investigate the dynamics of dispersion and activity of TEs in the genomes of related species, as well as in their hybrids, using as a model closely related species (D. melanogaster and D. simulans, D. mojavensis and D. arizonae) and evaluate the effect of this dynamic intrinsic to the elements (sub-class they belong to, the overall proportion in the genome and specific number of inserts) or the species (population size, ancestral state elder or colonizer of sampled populations, and hybridization) and environment (temperature and specific habitats that they occupy). (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LOPEZ-MAESTRE, HELENE; BRINZA, LILIA; MARCHET, CAMILLE; KIELBASSA, JANICE; BASTIEN, SYLVERE; BOUTIGNY, MATHILDE; MONNIN, DAVID; EL FILALI, ADIL; CARARETO, CLAUDIA MARCIA; VIEIRA, CRISTINA; et al. SNP calling from RNA-seq data without a reference genome: identification, quantification, differential analysis and impact on the protein sequence. Nucleic Acids Research, v. 44, n. 19, NOV 2 2016. (10/10731-4)

DIAS, ELAINE SILVA; APARECIDA CARARETO, CLAUDIA MARCIA. msechBari, a new MITE-like element in Drosophila sechellia related to the Bari transposon. GENETICS RESEARCH, v. 93, n. 6, p. 381-385, DEC 2011. (08/07629-3, 10/10731-4)

CARNELOSSI, ELIAS A. G.; LERAT, EMMANUELLE; HENRI, HELENE; MARTINEZ, SONIA; CARARETO, CLAUDIA M. A.; VIEIRA, CRISTINA. Specific Activation of an I-Like Element in Drosophila Interspecific Hybrids. GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, v. 6, n. 7, p. 1806-1817, JUL 2014. (10/10056-5, 10/10731-4)

LOPEZ-MAESTRE, HELENE; CARNELOSSI, ELIAS A. G.; LACROIX, VINCENT; BURLET, NELLY; MUGAT, BRUNO; CHAMBEYRON, SEVERINE; CARARETO, CLAUDIA M. A.; VIEIRA, CRISTINA. Identification of misexpressed genetic elements in hybrids between Drosophila-related species. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 7, JAN 16 2017. (10/10731-4)

FISCHER, CARLOS N.; CARARETO, CLAUDIA M. A.; DOS SANTOS, RENATO A. C.; CERRI, RICARDO; COSTA, EDUARDO; SCHIETGAT, LEANDER; VENS, CELINE. Learning HMMs for nucleotide sequences from amino acid alignments. Bioinformatics, v. 31, n. 11, p. 1836-1838, JUN 1 2015. (12/24774-2, 10/10731-4)

DIAS, ELAINE SILVA; APARECIDA CARARETO, CLAUDIA MARCIA. Ancestral polymorphism and recent invasion of transposable elements in Drosophila species. BMC Evolutionary Biology, v. 12, JUL 23 2012. (08/07629-3, 10/10731-4)