Helitron distribution in Brassicaceae and whole Genome Helitron density as a character for distinguishing plant species

Abstract Background Helitron is a rolling-circle DNA transposon; it plays an important role in plant evolution. However, Helitron distribution and contribution to evolution at the family level have not been previously investigated. Results We developed the software easy-to-annotate Helitron (EAHelit...

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Main Authors: Kaining Hu, Kai Xu, Jing Wen, Bin Yi, Jinxiong Shen, Chaozhi Ma, Tingdong Fu, Yidan Ouyang, Jinxing Tu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12859-019-2945-8