Tracking the origin of two genetic components associated with transposable element bursts in domesticated rice

Transposable element (TE) bursts shape genome evolution but their origin remains unclear. Here, the authors show that a burst is restricted to only a few domesticated rice accessions and is associated with the acquisition of two TE variants, Ping16A and Ping16A_Stow, not the loss of TE silencing.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jinfeng Chen, Lu Lu, Jazmine Benjamin, Stephanie Diaz, C. Nathan Hancock, Jason E. Stajich, Susan R. Wessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08451-3