This chapter provides two main contributions: (1) a description of computational tools and databases used to identify and analyze transposable elements (TEs) and circRNAs in plants; and (2) data analysis on public TE and ...

Supernumerary chromosomes have been studied in many species of eukaryotes, including the cichlid fish, Astatotilapia latifasciata. However, there are many unanswered questions about the maintenance, inheritance, and ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that are recognized as posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression. These molecules have been shown to play important roles in several cellular processes. MiRNAs act on ...

We set out to investigate potential differences and similitudes between the selective forces acting upon the coding and non-coding regions of five different sets of genes defined according to functional and evolutionary ...

Transposable elements (TEs) play an essential role in the genetic variability of eukaryotic species. In plants, they may comprise up to 90% of the total genome. Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are known to control gene expression ...

Genomic sequence comparison across species has enabled the elucidation of important coding and regulatory sequences encoded within DNA. Of particular interest are the noncoding regulatory sequences, which influence gene ...