title: Impact and insights from ancient repetitive elements in plant genomes.
abstract: Transposable elements and other repeated sequences are predominant contributors to most plant genomes. The vast majority of repeated elements accumulate mutations to the extent of becoming anonymous sequences, also known as 'genomic dark matter' which is also thought to contribute significantly to the composition of plant genomes. This review aims to highlight recent methods and analyses suggesting that ancient repeats have profound effects on plant genome biology.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR1164 URGI-Research Unit in Genomics-Info, INRA de Versailles-Grignon, Route de Saint-Cyr, Versailles 78026, France. Electronic address: Florian.Maumus@versailles.inra.fr.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maumus
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR1164 URGI-Research Unit in Genomics-Info, INRA de Versailles-Grignon, Route de Saint-Cyr, Versailles 78026, France.
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Quesneville
mesh_terms: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements