The role of transposable element clusters in genome evolution and loss of synteny in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transposable elements are abundant in the genomes of many filamentous fungi, and have been implicated as major contributors to genome rearrangements and as sources of genetic variation. Analyses of fungal genomes have also revealed that transposable elements are largely confined to distinct clusters within the genome. Their impact on fungal genome evolution is not well understood. Using the recently available genome sequence of the plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, combined with additional bacterial artificial chromosome clone sequences, we performed a detailed analysis of the distribution of transposable elements, syntenic blocks, and other features of chromosome 7.

Results

We found significant levels of conserved synteny between chromosome 7 and the ge

SUBMITTER: Thon MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1431731 | biostudies-literature | 2006

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature