Article
High-frequency recombination between members of an LTR retrotransposon family during transposition bursts.
Nature communications - 3 Nov 2017
Sanchez Diego H, Gaubert Hervé, Drost Hajk-Georg, Zabet Nicolae Radu, Paszkowski Jerzy
Abstract excerpt
Retrotransposons containing long terminal repeats (LTRs) form a substantial fraction of eukaryotic genomes. The timing of past transposition can be estimated by quantifying the accumulation of mutations in initially identical LTRs. This way, retrotransposons are divided into young, potentially mobile elements, and old that moved thousands or even millions of years ago. Both types are found within a single...
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