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Table 3 HGT inserts from Wolbachia present in the genome of F. exsecta with details of its length and position in the F. exsecta genome. The presence of similar insert regions in other eukaryote genomes is also shown

From: The first draft genomes of the ant Formica exsecta, and its Wolbachia endosymbiont reveal extensive gene transfer from endosymbiont to host

Wolbachia gene name

HGT region in F. exsecta

Length HGT (bp)

Transposon region near HGT

Transposon Name

Observed in other species

Other Host Species name with position of similar insertion

Transposase

scaffold83: 2271642–2,272,117

475

scaffold83: 2271642–2,272,117

transposase

Complete

Vollenhovia emeryi (LOC105557741), Cardiocondyla obscurior (genes: scf7180001101632 and scf7180001108526), Diachasma alloeum (LOC107035412), Brugia pahangi (BPAG_contig0001587),

ABC transporter ATP-binding protein, porphobilinogen deaminase, D-alanine--D-alanine ligase, DNA processing protein DprA, triose-phosphate isomerase

scaffold233: 1712452–1,725,498

13,046

scaffold233: 1714122–1,714,241

transposase

Partial (few gene region)

Vollenhovia emeryi (NW_011967015.1, NW_011967060.1), Wasmannia auropunctata (scf7180000683207, scf7180000730160),Rhagoletis zephyria (NW_016158779.1), Planococcus citri (KF021963.1), Ctenocephalides felis (KC177865.1)

DNA repair protein RadC, transposase, DNA ligase, ABC transporter permease, ATP-dependent protease La

scaffold574: 102007–116,197

14,190

scaffold574: 105963–106,483

transposase

Partial (few gene region)

Vollenhovia emeryi (LOC105557101, NW_011966940.1, NW_011966751.1), Monomorium pharaonis (scf7180001140281), Rhagoletis zephyria (LOC108377626), Parasteatoda tepidariorum (LOC107444616, LOC107450900)

probable carboxypeptidase, type IV secretion system,conjugal transfer protein TrbL, lysyl-tRNA synthetase, UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase

scaffold707: 1–38,814

38,813

scaffold707: 35826–36,154

Mariner Mos1 transposase (Ant origin)

Partial (few gene region)

Vollenhovia emeryi (NW_011966954.1, NW_011966496), Wasmannia auropunctata (scf7180000735528), Brugia pahangi (BPAG_contig0000608, BPAG_scaffold0000225)

DNA methylase, Ankyrin repeat domain protein, regulatory protein RepA, site-specific recombinase, cytochrome b-like

scaffold741: 1–47,265

47,264

scaffold741: 54020–54,482, scaffold741: 52587–52,910

IS110 family transposase, Integrase

Partial (few gene region)

Vollenhovia emeryi (LOC105557561, NW_011966954.1, NW_011967060.1, NW_011967015.1), Wasmannia auropunctata (LOC105460331, scf7180000733651), Drosophila ananassae (WD_0580 gene)