Claim · model-written summary
Transposable elements appear pivotal to variation in plant genome size.
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e0“Plant genomes are unique in an intriguing feature: the range of their size variation is unprecedented among living organisms. Although polyploidization contributes to this variability, transposable elements (TEs) seem to play the pivotal role”
Title
On the Coevolution of Transposable Elements and Plant Genomes
Peter Civáň; Miroslav Švec; Pavol Hauptvogel Journal of Botany 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/893546
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Mechanism Transposable elements affect plant genome size.
- Mechanism Transposable elements can disrupt gene functions and regulatory networks.
- Mechanism Transposable element coevolution has led to tight control of their activity.
- Mechanism Evidence suggests that the plant genome and transposable element relationship has become mutualistic.
- Mechanism Transposable element expansion can impose costs on plant genomes.
- Mechanism Transposable elements may help plant populations overcome environmental or genomic challenges.
- Mechanism Inducible transposable elements may give plant populations a selective advantage.