LTR retrotransposons are the most abundant group of transposable elements (TEs) in
plants. These elements can fall inside or close to genes, and therefore influence their …

Transposable elements (TEs) are genomic units able to move within the genome of virtually
all organisms. Due to their natural repetitive numbers and their high structural diversity, the …

Baobab (Adansonia digitata) is a long-lived tree endemic to Africa with economic,
ecological, and cultural importance, yet its genomic features are underexplored. Here, we …

Many recent studies have emphasized the important role of structural variation (SV) in
determining human genetic and phenotypic variation. In plants, studies aimed at elucidating …

The dynamics of long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons and their contribution to
genome evolution during plant speciation have remained largely unanswered. Here, we …

Abstract Motivation Transposable elements (TEs) in eukaryotes often get inserted into one
another, forming sequences that become a complex mixture of full-length elements and their …

Analyzing genome structure in different species allows to gain an insight into the evolution of
plant genome size. Olive (Olea europaea L.) has a medium-sized haploid genome of 1.4 Gb …

Transposition of mobile elements has been implicated in genome instability,
rearrangements and therefore also adaptation to changing environmental conditions …

Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are mobile elements that constitute the major
fraction of most plant genomes. The identification and annotation of these elements via …

Background Next generation sequencing provides a powerful tool to study genome structure
in species whose genomes are far from being completely sequenced. In this work we …