title: Transposable elements and their identification.
abstract: Most genomes are populated by thousands of sequences that originated from mobile elements. On the one hand, these sequences present a real challenge in the process of genome analysis and annotation. On the other hand, there are very interesting biological subjects involved in many cellular processes. Here, we present an overview of transposable elements (TEs) biodiversity and their impact on genomic evolution. Finally, we discuss different approaches to the TEs detection and analyses.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany. wojmak@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Makałowski
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pande
authors.forename: Valer
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gotea
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Makałowska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements