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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Oryza sativa Japonica Group
SUBMITTER: Takuji Tsukiyama
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-15021 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Naito Ken K Zhang Feng F Tsukiyama Takuji T Saito Hiroki H Hancock C Nathan CN Richardson Aaron O AO Okumoto Yutaka Y Tanisaka Takatoshi T Wessler Susan R SR
Nature 20091001 7267
High-copy-number transposable elements comprise the majority of eukaryotic genomes where they are major contributors to gene and genome evolution. However, it remains unclear how a host genome can survive a rapid burst of hundreds or thousands of insertions because such bursts are exceedingly rare in nature and therefore difficult to observe in real time. In a previous study we reported that in a few rice strains the DNA transposon mPing was increasing its copy number by approximately 40 per pla ...[more]