Structural variations in plant genomes

R.K. Saxena, Dave Edwards, Rajeev K. Varshney

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Abstract

Differences between plant genomes range from single nucleotide polymorphisms to large-scale duplications, deletions and rearrangements.The large polymorphisms are termed structural variants (SVs). SVs have received significant attention in human genetics and were found to be responsible for various chronic diseases. However, little effort has been directed towards understanding the role of SVs in plants. Many recent advances in plant genetics have resulted from improvements in high-resolution technologies for measuring SVs, including microarray-based techniques, and more recently, high-throughput DNA sequencing. In this review we describe recent reports of SV in plants and describe the genomic technologies currently used to measure these SVs. © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)296-307
JournalBriefings in Functional Genomics
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jun 2014

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