A commentary on: 'Broken, silent and in hiding: tamed endogenous pararetroviruses escape elimination from the genome of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)'

Ann Bot. 2021 Aug 26;128(3):iii-iv. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcab068.

Abstract

This article comments on:

Nicola Schmidt, Kathrin M. Seibt, Beatrice Weber, Trude Schwarzacher, Thomas Schmidt, and Tony Heitkam, Broken, silent, and in hiding: tamed endogenous pararetroviruses escape elimination from the genome of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris), Annals of Botany Volume 128, Issue 3, 26 August 2021, Pages 281–291, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab042

Keywords: Beta vulgaris; chromosome; endogenous viruses; epigenetics.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Beta vulgaris* / genetics
  • Genome, Plant
  • Genomics
  • Sugars

Substances

  • Sugars