Transposable elements (TEs) are a major component of plant genomes. It is of particular
interest to explore the potential activation of TE proliferation, especially in hybrids and …

Transposable elements contribute significantly to plant genome evolution in myriad ways,
ranging from local insertional mutations to global effects exerted on genome size through …

An allopolyploidization event formed allotetraploid Gossypium species from an A‐genome
diploid species and a D‐genome diploid species. To explore the responses of transposable …

Genomic analysis has revealed that the 1,637-Mb Gossypium arboreum genome contains
approximately 81% transposable elements (TEs), while only 57% of the 735-Mb G. raimondii …

Background Intergenomic gene transfer (IGT) between nuclear and organellar genomes is a
common phenomenon during plant evolution. Gossypium is a useful model to evaluate the …

The DNA content of eukaryotic nuclei (C-value) varies∼ 200,000-fold, but there is only a∼
20-fold variation in the number of protein-coding genes. Hence, most C-value variation is …

Transposable elements (TEs) usually occupy largest fractions of plant genome and are also
the most variable part of the structure. Although traditionally it is hallmarked as “junk and …

Background Interspecific hybridization and whole genome duplication are driving forces of
genomic and organism diversification. But the effect of interspecific hybridization and whole …

Genome duplication is thought to be central to the evolution of morphological complexity,
and some polyploids enjoy a variety of capabilities that transgress those of their diploid …

Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon is the most abundant DNA component and is
largely responsible for plant genome size variation. Although it has been studied in plant …