Transposable elements (TE s) play an important role in the responsive capacity of their hosts
in the face of environmental challenges. The variety of mechanisms by which TE s influence …

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is an important model organism for the study
of eukaryotic molecular and cellular biology. Studies of S. pombe, together with studies of its …

Mobile elements within genomes have driven genome evolution in diverse ways.
Particularly in plants and mammals, retrotransposons have accumulated to constitute a large …

There is considerable interest in understanding the effect of transposable elements (TEs) on
embryonic development. Studies in humans and mice are limited by the difficulty of working …

The organization of eukaryotic genomes into distinct structural and functional domains is
important for the regulation and transduction of genetic information. Here, we investigated …

Closely related RNA silencing phenomena such as posttranscriptional and transcriptional
gene silencing (PTGS and TGS), quelling and RNA interference (RNAi) represent different …

Natural variation within species reveals aspects of genome evolution and function. The
fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is an important model for eukaryotic biology, but …

The plant genome contains a large number of disease resistance (R) genes that have
evolved through diverse mechanisms. Here, we report that a long terminal repeat (LTR) …

The rate at which new mutations arise in the genome is a key factor in the evolution and
adaptation of species. Here we describe the rate and spectrum of spontaneous mutations for …

Fission yeast has two TOR (target of rapamycin) kinases, namely Tor1 and Tor2. Tor1 is
required for survival under stressed conditions, proper G1 arrest, and sexual development …