Transposition of HOPPLA in siRNA-deficient plants suggests a limited effect of the environment on retrotransposon mobility in Brachypodium distachyon
Michael Thieme, Nikolaos Minadakis, Christophe Himber, Bettina Keller, Wenbo Xu, Kinga Rutowicz, Calvin Matteoli, Marcel Böhrer, Bart Rymen, Debbie Laudencia‐Chingcuanco, John P. Vogel, Richard Sibout, Christoph Stritt, Todd Blevins, Anne C. Roulin
The paper investigates the factors influencing LTR-RT mobility in Brachypodium distachyon, finding that environmental stress has limited effects while RNA polymerase IV loss significantly increases transposon activity.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2023 · PreprintGenomics