Plant Transposons and Genome Dynamics in Evolution

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Content:
Chapter 1 The Discovery of Transposition (pages 3–13): Nina V. Fedoroff
Chapter 2 A Field Guide to Transposable Elements (pages 15–40): Alan H. Schulman and Thomas Wicker
Chapter 3 The Mechanism of Ac/Ds Transposition (pages 41–59): Thomas Peterson and Jianbo Zhang
Chapter 4 McClintock and Epigenetics (pages 61–70): Nina V. Fedoroff
Chapter 5 Molecular Mechanisms of Transposon Epigenetic Regulation (pages 71–92): Robert A. Martienssen and Vicki L. Chandler
Chapter 6 Transposons in Plant Gene Regulation (pages 93–116): Damon R. Lisch
Chapter 7 Imprinted Gene Expression and the Contribution of Transposable Elements (pages 117–142): Mary A. Gehring
Chapter 8 Transposons and Gene Creation (pages 143–164): Hugo K. Dooner and Clifford F. Weil
Chapter 9 Transposons in Plant Speciation (pages 165–179): Avraham A. Levy
Chapter 10 Transposons, Genomic Shock, and Genome Evolution (pages 181–201): Nina V. Fedoroff and Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

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