Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile repetitive DNA sequences that propagate within
genomes by a mechanism called transposition. To ensure transposition, TEs are transcribed …

Given the high rate at which eukaryotic genomes are being sequenced, it is no exaggeration
to say that a full understanding of any particular genome is impossible without a deep …

It has been almost 70 years since Barbara McClintock first suggested that elements exist that
have the capacity to move and reshape the genome, and that these elements could …

Transposable elements (TEs) are DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) segments which can
mobilise from their original location and (re) insert into new positions in the genome. TEs …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents an overview on the structure, regulation,
distribution, and dynamics of transposable elements (TEs). TEs are discrete DNA sequences …

One of the most unexpected insights that followed from the completion of the human
genome a decade ago was that more than half of our DNA is derived from transposable …

This book describes the evolution of transposable elements (TEs). After a description of the
main types of elements, their life and death within a species including regulation of …

Transposable elements (TEs), including retrotransposons and DNA transposons, are
mutagenic elements that occupy a substantial fraction of their host genomes. Because an …

Barbara McClintock's discovery of mobile DNA sequences in maize more than 40 years ago
has changed our understanding of genome stability. Since that time many of these jumping …

McClintock 50 years ago they were regarded as a curiosity; now they are known to be the
most abundant component of probably all eukaryotic genomes. They account for almost …