Molecular identification of polymorphic transposable elements in populations of the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior
Esther van den Bos,
Jürgen Gadau,
Lukas Schrader
Abstract:Transposable elements (TEs) are found in virtually every eukaryotic genome and are important for generating de novo genetic variation. However, outside of costly and time-consuming whole-genome sequencing approaches, the set of available methods to study TE polymorphisms in non-model species is very limited. The Transposon Display (TD) is a simple yet effective technique to characterize polymorphisms across samples by identifying amplified fragment length polymorphisms using primers targeting specific TE famil… Show more
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