Transfers of mitochondrial DNA to the nuclear genome in the wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Many organisms carry nuclear sequences of mitochondrial origin (NUMTs). We have identified 76 NUMTs in 25 genomic locations in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis. The total amount of NUMTs in Nasonia is 42 972 bp exceeding over four-fold that found in Tribolium castaneum and almost fifty-fold that f...

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Published in:Insect molecular biology 2010-02, Vol.19 (1), p.27-35
Main Authors: Viljakainen, L, Oliveira, D.C.S.G, Werren, J.H, Behura, S.K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bees - genetics
Cell Nucleus - genetics
Computational Biology
DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics
Drosophila melanogaster - genetics
Evolution, Molecular
genome evolution
Hymenoptera
lateral gene transfer
Likelihood Functions
mitochondrial pseudogenes
Models, Genetic
NUMT
Phylogeny
Species Specificity
Tribolium - genetics
Wasps - genetics
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Summary:Many organisms carry nuclear sequences of mitochondrial origin (NUMTs). We have identified 76 NUMTs in 25 genomic locations in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis. The total amount of NUMTs in Nasonia is 42 972 bp exceeding over four-fold that found in Tribolium castaneum and almost fifty-fold that found in Drosophila melanogaster, whereas Apis mellifera has an even larger number of NUMTs in its genome (over 230 kb). The Nasonia NUMTs were inserted by multiple independent events and frequently involved large fragments spanning multiple mitochondrial genes. Most of the NUMTs are recent transfers that occurred less than one million years ago after the speciation of N. vitripennis. Duplications and rearrangements in the nucleus have also occurred. Data suggest that NUMTs may be more common in hymenoptera than in other insect genomes.
ISSN:0962-1075
1365-2583
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00932.x