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Transposons Ac/Ds, En/Spmand their Relatives in Maize

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Many wild and cultivated species of plants exhibit unstable traits and variegated phenotypes, hallmarks of transposable element activity. However, the unique advantages of maize for genetic and cytogenetic research greatly facilitated the discovery and characterization of transposable element systems by McClintock. While initially dismissed by some scientists as being peculiar to maize, transpos-able elements are now recognized as major components of all eukaryotic genomes. Transposition of single elements can exert powerful effects on the structure and expression of individual genes. Recent research is showing how alternative transposition reactions involving multiple elements can have a major impact on the evolution of the genome as a whole.

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602–7223, USA

    Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  2. USDA Plant Gene Expression Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA, 94710, USA

    Sarah Hake

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Zhang, J., Peterson, T., Peterson, P.A. (2009). Transposons Ac/Ds, En/Spmand their Relatives in Maize. In: Bennetzen, J.L., Hake, S. (eds) Handbook of Maize. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77863-1_13

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