Perumal Sampath

TL;DR: A draft genome sequence of Brassica oleracea is described, comparing it with that of its sister species B. rapa to reveal numerous chromosome rearrangements and asymmetrical gene loss in duplicated genomic blocks.

TL;DR: These recently activated MITE families with abundant MIP will provide useful resources for molecular breeding and identification of novel functional genes arising from MITE insertion, indicating that there has been recent MITE activity in the Brassica genome.

TL;DR: A Stowaway family MITE, named as BRAMI-1, was gradually amplified and remained present in over than 1400 copies in each of three Brassica species, and can serve as a good source of DNA markers for Brassica crops because the insertions are highly dispersed in the gene-rich euchromatin region and are polymorphic between or within species.

TL;DR: BrassicaTED is a newly developed database of information regarding the characteristics and potential utility of mTEs including MITE, TRIM and SINEs in B. rapa and B. oleracea, to promote the development of desirable mTE-based markers, which can be utilized for genomics and breeding in Brassica species.

TL;DR: Comparison of the Cassandra family members in the Brassica oleracea, B. rapa and Arabidopsis thaliana genomes reveals that some Cassandra elements have been commonly retained during the last 20 million years in three species and some elements have be uniquely evolved in Brassica species.