Retroposition is widely found to play essential roles in origination of new mammalian and
other animal genes. However, the scarcity of retrogenes in plants has led to the assumption …

Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are major components of plant genomes
influencing genome size and evolution. Using two separate approaches, we identified the …

Pennisetum purpureum is a potential species for biofuel production. Characterization and
chromosomal distribution of retrotransposons could enhance the comprehension of the role …

Trematode parthenitae have long been believed to form clonal populations, but clonal
diversity has been discovered in this asexual stage of the lifecycle. Clonal polymorphism in …

Background The LTR (long terminal repeat) retrotransposons of higher plants are replicated
by a mutagenic life cycle containing transcription and reverse transcription steps. The DNA …

Transposable elements have been characterized in a number of vertebrates, including
whole genomes of mammals, birds, and fishes. The Anolis carolinensis draft assembly …

Background Long interspersed nuclear elements (LINES) are the most common
transposable element (TE) in almost all metazoan genomes examined. In most LINE …

A cloned repetitive sequence, pAvKB30, obtained from an Avena vaviloviana (AB genome)
genomic library, along with two polymerase chain reaction products derived from the …

Retrotransposons make up a major fraction–sometimes more than 40%–of all plant
genomes investigated so far. We have isolated the reverse transcriptase domains of the Ty1 …

Retrotransposons play an important role in the evolution of genomic structure and function.
Here we report on the characterization of a novel retrotransposon called kangaroo from the …