A Global Landscape of Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Elements in the Carrot Genome.

ABSTRACT: Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) are the most abundant group of Class II mobile elements in plant genomes. Their presence in genic regions may alter gene structure and expression, providing a new source of functional diversity. Owing to their small size and lack of coding capacity, the identification of MITEs has been demanding. However, the increasing availability of reference genomes and bioinformatic tools provides better means for the genome-wide identification and analysis of MITEs and for the elucidation of their contribution to the evolution of plant genomes. We mined MITEs in the carrot reference genome DH1 using MITE-hunter and developed a curated carrot MITE repository comprising 428 families. Of the 31,025 MITE copies spanning 10.34 Mbp of the carrot genom

SUBMITTER: Macko-Podgorni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8227079 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature