title: Recent spread of a retrotransposon in the Silene latifolia genome, apart from the Y chromosome.
abstract: Transposable elements often accumulate in nonrecombining regions, such as Y chromosomes. Contrary to this trend, a new Silene retrotransposon described here, has spread recently all over the genome of plant Silene latifolia, except its Y chromosome. This coincided with the latest steps of sex chromosome evolution in this species.
authors.affiliation: School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom. dmitry.filatov@plants.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Dmitry A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Filatov
authors.forename: Elaine C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Groutides
authors.forename: Susan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D018745:Genome, Plant; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D010802:Phylogeny; D018626:Retroelements / Q000235:genetics*; D029751:Silene / Q000235:genetics*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D018626:Retroelements