Simple Summary Transposable elements are dynamic components of plant genomes, and
display a high diversity of lineages and distribution as the result of evolutionary driving …

Long terminal repeat retrotransposons (LTR retrotransposons) are the most abundant group
of mobile genetic elements in eukaryotic genomes and are essential in organizing genomic …

Polyploidization plays a key role in plant evolution, but the forces driving the fate of
homoeologs in polyploid genomes, ie, paralogs resulting from a whole-genome duplication …

Genome size (GS) variation is a fundamental biological characteristic; however, its
evolutionary causes and consequences are the topic of ongoing debate. Whether GS is a …

Transposable elements (TEs) represent a major and variable portion of plant genomes, and
recent progress in genetics and genomics has highlighted the importance of different TE …

Eukaryotic nuclei are constantly being exposed to factors that break or chemically modify the
DNA. Accurate repair of this DNA damage is crucial to prevent DNA mutations and maintain …

Plant endogenous small RNAs (sRNAs) are important regulators of gene expression. There
are two broad categories of plant sRNAs: microRNAs (miRNAs) and endogenous short …

Societal Impact Statement Plant genomes hold the key to understanding the evolutionary
history of plants, a lineage that goes back nearly a billion years and contains nearly half a …

As a consequence of hybridization, polyploidization, and apomixis, the genus Cotoneaster
(Rosaceae) represents one of the most complicated and controversial lineages in …

Chromosome evolution is a fundamental aspect of evolutionary biology. The evolution of
chromosome size, structure and shape, number, and the change in DNA composition …