Where the Wild Things Are: Transposable Elements as Drivers of Structural and Functional Variations in the Wheat Genome

Inbar Bariah; Danielle Keidar-Friedman; Khalil Kashkush

doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.585515

Where the Wild Things Are: Transposable Elements as Drivers of Structural and Functional Variations in the Wheat Genome

Inbar Bariah, Danielle Keidar-Friedman, Khalil Kashkush

Department of Life Sciences

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Transposable elements (TEs) are major contributors to genome plasticity and thus are likely to have a dramatic impact on genetic diversity and speciation. Recent technological developments facilitated the sequencing and assembly of the wheat genome, opening the gate for whole genome analysis of TEs in wheat, which occupy over 80% of the genome. Questions that have been long unanswered regarding TE dynamics throughout the evolution of wheat, are now being addressed more easily, while new questions are rising. In this review, we discuss recent advances in the field of TE dynamics in wheat and possible future directions.

Original language	American English
Article number	585515
Journal	Frontiers in Plant Science
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.585515
State	Published - 18 Sep 2020

Keywords

Triticum aestivum
allopolyploidy
genome evolution
transposable elements
wheat

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Plant Science

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