caa a22 4500 445821248 CHVBK 20180317145244.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00239-011-9430-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00239-011-9430-y The Non-LTR Retrotransposon R2 in Termites (Insecta, Isoptera): Characterization and Dynamics [Elektronische Daten] [Silvia Ghesini, Andrea Luchetti, Mario Marini, Barbara Mantovani] The full-length element of the non-LTR retrotransposon R2 is here characterized in three European isopteran species: the more primitive Kalotermes flavicollis (Kalotermitidae), including two highly divergent mitochondrial lineages, and the more derived Reticulitermes lucifugus and R. urbis (Rhinotermitidae). Partial 3′ sequences for R. grassei and R. balkanensis were also analyzed. The essential structural features of R2 elements are conserved in termites. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that termite elements belong to the same clade and that their phylogeny is fully compatible with the phylogeny of their host species. The study of the number and the frequency of R2 insertion variants in four R. urbis colonies suggests a greatly reduced, or completely absent, recent element activity. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Kalotermes nationallicence Mobile elements nationallicence Reticulitermes nationallicence R2 structure nationallicence R2 phylogeny nationallicence Truncated variants nationallicence Ghesini Silvia Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut Luchetti Andrea Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut Marini Mario Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut Mantovani Barbara Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut Journal of Molecular Evolution Springer-Verlag 72/3(2011-03-01), 296-305 0022-2844 72:3<296 2011 72 239 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-011-9430-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-011-9430-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ghesini Silvia Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Luchetti Andrea Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Marini Mario Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mantovani Barbara Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Molecular Evolution Springer-Verlag 72/3(2011-03-01), 296-305 0022-2844 72:3<296 2011 72 239 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer