Over two thousand plant species have been modified morphologically through cultivation
and human use. Here, we review three aspects of crop domestication that are currently …

Comparative studies have provided the basis for some of the most important discoveries in
biology. The study of differences, whether at the level of gene alleles or living kingdoms, has …

Background All previously reported eukaryotic nuclear genome sequences have been
incomplete, especially in highly repeated units and chromosomal ends. Because repetitive …

Elucidating the spatiotemporal organization of the genome inside the nucleus is imperative
to our understanding of the regulation of genes and non‐coding sequences during …

In this review we present critical overview of some of the available literature on the
fundamental biology of telomeres and telomerase in Metazoan. With the exception of …

Chromosome termini form a specialized type of heterochromatin that is important for
chromosome stability. The recent discovery of telomeric RNA transcripts in yeast and …

The sequence organisation of the telomeric regions is extremely similar for all eukaryotes
examined to date. Subtelomeric areas may contain large sequence arrays of middle …

Telomeres consist of highly conserved simple tandem telomeric repeat motif (TRM):(TTAGG)
n in arthropods,(TTAGGG) n in vertebrates, and (TTTAGGG) n in most plants. TRM can be …

This paper examines telomeres from an evolutionary perspective. In the monocot plant order
Asparagales two evolutionary switch-points in telomere sequence are known. The first …

Telomeres are highly repetitive DNA sequences found at the ends of chromosomes that
protect the chromosomes from deterioration duringcell division. Here, using whole-genome …