Speciation and allopolyploidization in cereals may be accompanied by dramatic changes in
abundance of centromeric repeated transposable elements. Here we demonstrate that the …

Diploid and polyploid wild species of Triticeae have complex relationships, and the
understanding of their evolution and speciation could help to increase the usability of them …

Total genomic DNA was prepared from young leaves using sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)
protocol (Liu et al. 2009). PCR primer pair P1 (5-TTATCAGTAGGCACCAACTC-3) and P2 (5 …

Here, we report data on the population variability of Ty3-gypsy retrotransposons in genomes
of Aegilops speltoides (2n= 2x= 14) and Hordeum spontaneum (2n= 2x= 14). Based on the …

A real-time PCR approach was adopted and optimized to estimate and compare, through a
relative quantification, the copy number of WIS2-1A and BARE-1 retrotransposons. The aim …

This is the first report on the presence of Ty3/gypsy-like retrotransposons in the centromeric
region of Allium cepa and Allium fistulosum. We identified the putative Ty3/gypsy …

Abstract Background Transposable elements (TEs) are a rapidly evolving fraction of the
eukaryotic genomes and the main contributors to genome plasticity and divergence …

Retrotransposons and other mobile elements are major components of the repeated DNA
fraction in higher-plant genomes. They have undoubtedly played an important role in higher …

Knowledge of the chromosomal distribution of long terminal repeats (LTR) is important for
understanding plant chromosome structure, genomic organization and evolution, as well as …

LTR retrotransposons belong to a major group of DNA sequences that are often localized in
plant centromeres. Using BAC inserts originating from the centromere of a monosomic wild …