Abstract Long Terminal Repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are ubiquitous components of plant
genomes. Because of their copy-and-paste mode of transposition, these elements tend to …

Genome-wide variant detection within a species is the primary initial step towards linking
genotypic variation and phenotypes. The conversion of these genetic variants (the most …

Background and Aims Plant nuclear genomes vary tremendously in DNA content, mostly
due to differences in ancestral ploidy and variation in the degree of transposon amplification …

We initially analyzed 11 families of low-and middle-copy-number long terminal repeat (LTR)
retrotransposons in rice to determine how their structures have diverged from their predicted …

Stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici was among the most devastating diseases
of barley in the northern Great Plains of the US and Canada before the deployment of the …

Although quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping has been successful in describing the
genetic architecture of complex traits,,,, the molecular basis of quantitative variation is less …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

We investigated the composition and the basis of genome expansion in the core Triticeae
genome using Aegilops tauschii, the D‐genome donor of bread wheat. We sequenced an …

Background During the past decade, Sanger sequencing has been used to completely
sequence hundreds of microbial and a few higher eukaryote genomes. In recent years, a …

In comparison with retrotransposons, which comprise the majority of the Triticeae genomes,
very few class 2 transposons have been described in these genomes. Based on the recent …