High-frequency recombination between members of an LTR retrotransposon family during transposition bursts

Diego H. Sanchez; Hervé Gaubert; Hajk-Georg Drost; Nicolae Radu Zabet; Jerzy Paszkowski

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01374-x

Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

High-frequency recombination between members of an LTR retrotransposon family during transposition bursts

Diego H. Sanchez,
Hervé Gaubert,
Hajk-Georg Drost,
Nicolae Radu Zabet,
Jerzy Paszkowski

Affiliations

Diego H. Sanchez: The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Hervé Gaubert: The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Hajk-Georg Drost: The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Nicolae Radu Zabet: The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Jerzy Paszkowski: The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01374-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Retrotransposons are abundant in eukaryotic genomes. Here, Sanchez et al. show evidence of high-frequency recombination between members of an LTR retrotransposon family during transposition bursts in Arabidopsis.

Published in Nature Communications

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