Transposable elements are short lengths of DNA with the capacity to move between different points within a genome. This process can affect the function of genes at or near the insertion site. The present book gives an overview of the impact of transposable elements on plant genomes and explains how to recognize and study transposable elements, e.g. by using state-of-the-art strategies like “new generation sequencing.” Moreover, the impact of transposable elements on plant genome structure and function is reviewed in detail, and also illustrated in examples and case studies. The book is intended both for readers familiar with the field and for newcomers. With large-scale sequencing becoming increasingly available, more and more people will come across transposable element sequences in their data, and this volume will hopefully help to convince them that they are not just “junk DNA.”
Author(s): Thomas Wicker (auth.), Marie-Angèle Grandbastien, Josep M. Casacuberta (eds.)
Series: Topics in Current Genetics 24
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 330
Tags: Plant Genetics & Genomics; Plant Biochemistry; Nucleic Acid Chemistry; Cell Biology
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
So Many Repeats and So Little Time: How to Classify Transposable Elements....Pages 1-15
Transposable Element Annotation in Completely Sequenced Eukaryote Genomes....Pages 17-39
Using Nextgen Sequencing to Investigate Genome Size Variation and Transposable Element Content....Pages 41-58
Genome-Wide Analysis of Transposition Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies....Pages 59-70
Hitching a Ride: Nonautonomous Retrotransposons and Parasitism as a Lifestyle....Pages 71-88
Plant Endogenous Retroviruses? A Case of Mysterious ORFs....Pages 89-112
MITEs, Miniature Elements with a Major Role in Plant Genome Evolution....Pages 113-124
Glue for Jumping Elements: Epigenetic Means for Controlling Transposable Elements in Plants....Pages 125-145
Responses of Transposable Elements to Polyploidy....Pages 147-168
Noise or Symphony: Comparative Evolutionary Analysis of Sugarcane Transposable Elements with Other Grasses....Pages 169-192
Helitron Proliferation and Gene-Fragment Capture....Pages 193-217
Transposable Element Exaptation in Plants....Pages 219-251
SINE Exaptation as Cellular Regulators Occurred Numerous Times During Eukaryote Evolution....Pages 253-271
LTR Retrotransposons as Controlling Elements of Genome Response to Stress?....Pages 273-296
Rider Transposon Insertion and Phenotypic Change in Tomato....Pages 297-312
Retrotransposons and the Eternal Leaves....Pages 313-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-330
