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Analysis of plant diversity with retrotransposon-based molecular markers
T. H. N. EllisCédric MoisyAlan H. SchulmanRuslan KalendarAndrew J. FlavellTatjana Sjakstesubject
0106 biological sciencesGenetic MarkersGenome evolutionRetroelementsRetrotransposonReviewBiology01 natural sciencesGenome03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundMolecular markerGenetic variationGeneticsGenetics (clinical)Phylogeny030304 developmental biologyGenetics0303 health sciencesGenetic diversityfungifood and beveragesGenetic VariationPlantsMutagenesis InsertionalchemistryGenetic markerEvolutionary biologyBackcrossinghuman activitiesGenome Plant010606 plant biology & botanydescription
Retrotransposons are both major generators of genetic diversity and tools for detecting the genomic changes associated with their activity because they create large and stable insertions in the genome. After the demonstration that retrotransposons are ubiquitous, active and abundant in plant genomes, various marker systems were developed to exploit polymorphisms in retrotransposon insertion patterns. These have found applications ranging from the mapping of genes responsible for particular traits and the management of backcrossing programs to analysis of population structure and diversity of wild species. This review provides an insight into the spectrum of retrotransposon-based marker systems developed for plant species and evaluates the contributions of retrotransposon markers to the analysis of population diversity in plants.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-08-04 |