Structural variation and the plant pan genomes

Authors

  • Michele Morgante Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie ed Ambientali, Università di Udine, Udine Istituto di Genomica Applicata, Parco Scientifico di Udine, Udine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14806/ej.19.A.682

Keywords:

dispensable genome, pan-genome, copy number variation

Abstract

The analysis of variation in plants has revealed that their genomes are characterised by high levels of structural variation, consisting of both smaller insertion/deletions, mostly due to recent insertions of transposable elements, and of larger insertion/deletion similar to those termed in humans Copy Number Variants (CNVs). These observations indicate that a single genome sequence might not reflect the entire genomic complement of a species, and prompted us to introduce the concept of the plant pan-genome.

Author Biography

  • Michele Morgante, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie ed Ambientali, Università di Udine, Udine Istituto di Genomica Applicata, Parco Scientifico di Udine, Udine
    Director

Downloads

Published

2013-04-17

Issue

Section

Keynote Lectures