Comparative analysis of pepper and tomato reveals euchromatin expansion of pepper genome caused by differential accumulation of <it>Ty3/Gypsy</it>-like elements
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Among the <it>Solanaceae </it>plants, the pepper genome is three times larger than that of tomato. Although the gene repertoire and gene order of both species are well conserved, the cause of the genome-size difference is...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Genomics |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/85 |