Retrotranspositional landscape of Asian rice revealed by 3000 genomes

Retrotranspositional landscape of Asian rice revealed by 3000 genomes

Retrotranspositional landscape of Asian rice revealed by 3000 genomes, Published online: 03 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07974-5

Transposable elements (TE) are the dominant constituent of plant genomes. Here the authors develop a tool to analyze TE insertion sites in 3000 rice genomes and provide evidence for recent TE activity during cultivation and that external, rather than genetic, stimuli trigger most activations.

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