Abstract
Transposable elements (TEs) represent a significant portion of eukaryotic genomes and are important players in their dynamics and evolution. Therefore, the description of TEs and the analysis of their distribution in the genomes are important steps to understand their influence in the architecture of genomes. Here we describe the protocol used by us to identify and curate consensus TEs sequences from S. mansoni, as well the protocol to map these elements in the S. mansoni genome. We expect that these protocols may help researchers interested in studying TEs content in S. mansoni or other organisms.
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RDM is recipient of a research productivity fellowship from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq- Project# 304567/2017-5).
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Philippsen, G.S., DeMarco, R. (2020). Identification of Transposable Elements in Schistosoma mansoni. In: Timson, D.J. (eds) Schistosoma mansoni. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2151. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0635-3_11
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