Plant transposons and genome dynamics in evolution / editor, Nina V. Fedoroff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fedoroff, Nina V. (Nina Vsevolod), 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant genetics.

Plant genomes.

Transposons.

Plants--Evolution.

Plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken [N.J.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The transposable genetic elements, or transposons, as they are now known, have had a tumultuous history. Discovered in the mid-20th century by Barbara McClintock, they were initially received with puzzlement. When their genomic abundance began to be apparent, they were categorized as ""junk DNA"" and acquired the label of parasites. Expanding understanding of gene and genome organization has revealed the profound extent of their impact on both. Plant Transposons and Genome Dynamics in Evolution captures and distills the voluminous research literature on plant transposable elements and

Contents:

The discovery of transposition / Nina V. Fedoroff

A field guide to transposable elements / Alan H. Schulman and Thomas Wicker

The mechanism of Ac/Ds transposition / Thomas Peterson and Jianbo Zhang

McClintock and epigenetics / Nina V. Fedoroff

Molecular mechanisms of transposon epigenetic regulation / Robert A. Martienssen and Vicki L. Chandler

Transposons in plant gene regulation / Damon R. Lisch

Imprinted gene expression and the contribution of transposable elements / Mary A. Gehring

Transposons and gene creation / Hugo K. Dooner and Clifford F. Weil

Transposons in plant speciation / Avraham A. Levy

Transposons, genomic shock and genome evolution / Nina V. Fedoroff and Jeffrey L. Bennetzen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-118-50015-6

1-283-97781-8

1-118-50016-4

OCLC:

826856162