Researchers sequence pepper genome, find jumping genes enhanced diversity

(Phys.org) —Cheng Qin of Sichuan Agricultural University in China and his colleagues have sequenced the genomes of wild and domesticated peppers and found that a large percentage of the pepper genome consists of transposons, "jumping genes" that change position within the genome. These transposons probably were responsible for the pepper's great degree of genetic diversity. The research appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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