Special Issue "Mobile Elements in Phylogenomic Reconstructions"
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Technologies and Resources for Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (22 March 2022) | Viewed by 20429
Special Issue Editors
Interests: jumping genes as phylogenetic markers; incomplete lineage sorting; homoplasy; methods in applied retrophylogenomics
Interests: jumping genes as phylogenetic markers; incomplete lineage sorting; homoplasy; methods in applied retrophylogenomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to invite your contributions to a Special Issue of Genes: “Mobile Elements in Phylogenomic Reconstructions”.
Retrotransposed elements (REs), a special class of transposable units that arise via reverse transcription of RNA intermediates and subsequent insertion, comprise a substantial proportion of eukaryotic genomes (e.g., ~45% of human, ~10% of zebra finch, ~55% of zebrafish, ~20% of drosophila, ~80% of maize). Their insertion, while not continuous over time, is largely random and virtually homoplasy-free. Their presence/absence patterns provide historical evidence of speciation events, making them excellent phylogenomic markers. Elements shared at orthologous positions in the genomes of two related species and their clear absence in other lineages are evidence of their phylogenetic affiliation. Depending on the ancestral timeframe of speciation events of a given lineage, incomplete lineage sorting may somewhat confound these patterns, necessitating special multidirectional screening strategies to clarify evolutionary reconstructions. Today, however, many such computational tools exist and are available to evolutionary scientists everywhere to partially automate these screenings. REs have now been used to significantly resolve the conundrums present in many phylogenetic trees. This Special Issue will be unique in presenting methodologies and strategies of exploring phylogenetically diagnostic REs and their usefulness in revealing new phylogenies.
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmitz
Dr. Liliya Doronina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mobile elements
- transposable elements
- retrotransposons
- retrophylogenomics
- presence/absence markers
- incomplete lineage sorting
- random insertion sites
- homoplasy-free