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

Jinfeng Chen; Lu Lu; Jazmine Benjamin; Stephanie Diaz; C. Nathan Hancock; Jason E. Stajich; Susan R. Wessler

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08451-3

Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

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

Jinfeng Chen,
Lu Lu,
Jazmine Benjamin,
Stephanie Diaz,
C. Nathan Hancock,
Jason E. Stajich,
Susan R. Wessler

Affiliations

Jinfeng Chen: Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California
Lu Lu: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California
Jazmine Benjamin: Department of Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken
Stephanie Diaz: Department of Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken
C. Nathan Hancock: Department of Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken
Jason E. Stajich: Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California
Susan R. Wessler: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08451-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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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.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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