TY - JOUR
T1 - Where the Wild Things Are
T2 - Transposable Elements as Drivers of Structural and Functional Variations in the Wheat Genome
AU - Bariah, Inbar
AU - Keidar-Friedman, Danielle
AU - Kashkush, Khalil
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Vadim Khasdan for his kind assistance. This work was funded by Israel Science Foundation (grant # 322/15) to KK.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2020 Bariah, Keidar-Friedman and Kashkush.
PY - 2020/9/18
Y1 - 2020/9/18
N2 - Transposable elements (TEs) are major contributors to genome plasticity and thus are likely to have a dramatic impact on genetic diversity and speciation. Recent technological developments facilitated the sequencing and assembly of the wheat genome, opening the gate for whole genome analysis of TEs in wheat, which occupy over 80% of the genome. Questions that have been long unanswered regarding TE dynamics throughout the evolution of wheat, are now being addressed more easily, while new questions are rising. In this review, we discuss recent advances in the field of TE dynamics in wheat and possible future directions.
AB - Transposable elements (TEs) are major contributors to genome plasticity and thus are likely to have a dramatic impact on genetic diversity and speciation. Recent technological developments facilitated the sequencing and assembly of the wheat genome, opening the gate for whole genome analysis of TEs in wheat, which occupy over 80% of the genome. Questions that have been long unanswered regarding TE dynamics throughout the evolution of wheat, are now being addressed more easily, while new questions are rising. In this review, we discuss recent advances in the field of TE dynamics in wheat and possible future directions.
KW - Triticum aestivum
KW - allopolyploidy
KW - genome evolution
KW - transposable elements
KW - wheat
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091913562&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpls.2020.585515
DO - 10.3389/fpls.2020.585515
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85091913562
SN - 1664-462X
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Plant Science
JF - Frontiers in Plant Science
M1 - 585515
ER -