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SUBMITTER: Liu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4528315 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Zhen Z Li Xinxin X Wang Tingzhang T Messing Joachim J Xu Jian-Hong JH
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) 20150526 8
TRIMs (terminal-repeat retrotransposons in miniature), which are characterized by their small size, have been discovered in all investigated vascular plants and even in animals. Here, we identified a highly conservative TRIM family referred to as Wukong elements in the maize genome. The Wukong family shows a distinct pattern of tandem arrangement in the maize genome suggesting a high rate of unequal crossing over. Estimation of insertion times implies a burst of retrotransposition activity of th ...[more]