Dsim\mariner

General Information
Symbol	Dsim\mariner	Species	D.simulans
Name		FlyBase ID	FBte0000888
Feature type	natural transposable element
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Sequences & Components
Complete element (bp)
Terminal repeat (bp)
Reference sequence	transposon_sequence_set.embl.txt.gz
Component genes	Dsim\mariner\T
Sequence Accessions
	DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank AF037052 AF037053 AF037054 AF037055 AF037056 AF037057 AF037058 AF037059 AF037060 U96147 U96148 X78907 X89927
Sequence Ontology (SO)
Transposon type	terminal_inverted_repeat_element transposable_element
Insertions & Copy Number
Copy number and comments
Search for	All insertions of this transposon Insertions in the sequenced genome Insertions in other genomes
Target Site Duplication
Size (bp)
Orthologs
Curated drosophilid orthologs	Dmau\mariner
Comments
	The somatic activity of the mariner transposable element in natural populations of D.simulans is assayed. Results strongly suggest temperature could be involved in the regulation of Dsim\mariner somatic excision. (Giraud and Capy, 1996) Natural populations of D.simulans are relatively stable and the Dsim\mariner element is probably an ancient component of the genome. (Giraud et al., 1995) Significant decrease in lifespan of D.simulans males results from the movement of Dsim\mariner. (Nikitin and Woodruff, 1995) Distribution of the mariner element among Drosophilidae species is investigated using three different techniques (squash blots, Southern blots and PCR amplification). Results demonstrate the distribution of mariner is not uniform and does not follow the phylogeny of the host species. Analysis of geographical distributions of the element shows it is mainly present in Asia and Africa. (Brunet et al., 1994) Population biology and molecular evolution of the mariner element in the eight species of the melanogaster subgroup of the Drosophila subgenus Sophophora has been studied. The element occurs in D.simulans, D.mauritiana, D.sechellia, D.teissieri and D.yakuba, but not D.melanogaster, D.erecta or D.orena. Sequence comparisons suggest that the element was present in the ancestor of the species subgroup and was lost in some of the lineages. Most species that contain active elements also contain inactive elements. (Capy et al., 1992) Comparison of active and inactive mariner elements from D.simulans, D.mauritiana and D.sechellia suggests that the mariner elements in D.mauritiana and D.sechellia are derived from D.simulans. (Capy et al., 1992) The distribution of the mariner transposable element in the genus Drosophila has been examined. Sequences hybridising to Dmau\mariner are present in D.mauritiana, D.simulans, D.sechellia, D.yakuba and D.teissieri, but not D.melanogaster, D.erecta and D.orena. (Maruyama and Hartl, 1991) Most strains of D.simulans have a low copy number of Dsim\mariner. (Maruyama and Hartl, 1991) Active Dsim\mariner elements are abundant in all 13 populations studied. (Capy et al., 1990)
Other Information
Etymology

External Crossreferences
Sequence Crossreferences
	DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank AF037052 AF037053 AF037054 AF037055 AF037056 AF037057 AF037058 AF037059 AF037060 U96147 U96148 X78907 X89927
Other Crossreferences

Synonyms & Secondary IDs ( 12 )
Reported As
Symbol Synonym	Dsim\mariner mariner (Picot et al., 2008) mariner-BordA (Capy, 1997.12.8) mariner-L8 (Capy, 1997.12.8) mariner-L14 (Capy, 1997.12.8) mariner-MadB (Capy, 1997.12.8) mariner-Mos6a (Capy, 1997.12.8) mariner-Mos6b (Capy, 1997.12.8) mariner-Pr1 (Capy, 1997.12.8) mariner-PrA (Capy, 1997.12.8) mariner-Sey2 (Capy, 1997.12.8)
Name Synonym	mariner (Picot et al., 2008) mariner element (Giraud et al., 1995)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
	FBgn0012873
References ( 42 )

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