Plant intra-individual and inter-individual variation can be determined by the epigenome, a
set of covalent modifications of DNA and chromatin that can alter genome structure and …

Transposable elements (TEs) are genomic parasites that selfishly replicate at the expense of
host fitness. Fifty years of evolutionary studies of TEs have concentrated on the deleterious …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the world's most important food crops, and is comprised largely
of japonica and indica subspecies. Here, we reconstruct the history of rice dispersal in Asia …

Transposable elements (TEs) are responsible for significant genomic variation in plants. Our
understanding of the evolutionary forces shaping TE polymorphism has lagged behind other …

Structural variants (SVs) are a largely unstudied feature of plant genome evolution, despite
the fact that SVs contribute substantially to phenotypes. In this study, we discovered SVs …

Background The circum-basmati group of cultivated Asian rice (Oryza sativa) contains many
iconic varieties and is widespread in the Indian subcontinent. Despite its economic and …

DNA provides the fundamental framework for heritability, yet heritable trait variation need not
be completely 'hard-wired'into the DNA sequence. In plants, the epigenetic machinery that …

Climate adaptation through phenotypic innovation will become the main challenge for plants
during global warming. Plants exhibit a plethora of mechanisms to achieve environmental …

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 …

DNA methylation and epigenetic silencing play important roles in the regulation of
transposable elements (TEs) in many eukaryotic genomes. A majority of the maize genome …