ABSTRACT
This new volume provides an up-to-date understanding of the numerous classes of plant transposable elements, the mobile units of DNA that comprise large portions of plant genomes, which are an important contributor for gene and genome evolution. Transposable elements (TEs) are major components of large plant genomes and main drivers of genome evolution, known to produce a wide variety of changes in plant gene expression and function.
Providing a systematic interpretation of protocols designed to characterize TEs and their biotechnological roles, the volume explores TEs in plant development, their architecture, their epigenetic regulation, their use in DNA repair, their evolution and speciation, while also highlighting their importance in the approaching epoch of climate change.
The volume begins with introduction of transposable elements, covering their classification and transposition. It delves into protocols designed to characterize TEs and their biotechnological applications. The book includes computational approaches for prediction and analysis, retro-transposon capture sequencing, and more. The section on transposon biology focuses on its role in plant development and as natural genetic engineers of genome mutation, evolution, and speciation. The book looks further into transposon applications in genome editing, exploring tagging and mutagenesis, genome engineering, and more.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|37 pages
Introduction to Transposable Elements (TEs)
chapter Chapter 1|20 pages
Introduction, Classification, and Transposition of Transposable Elements (TEs)
part II|60 pages
Protocols Designed to Characterize TEs and Biotechnological Applications
chapter Chapter 3|17 pages
Computational Approaches for Prediction and Analysis of Transposable Elements in Plants
chapter Chapter 4|30 pages
Annotation of Transposable Elements in the Evolution of Plant Genome Biology
part III|175 pages
Transposon Biology
chapter Chapter 7|21 pages
Transposons as Natural Genetic Engineers of Genome Mutation, Evolution, and Speciation
part IV|71 pages
Transposon Applications in Genome Editing
part V|16 pages
TEs of Model Plants