The Dynamics of Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposon Proliferation and Decay Drive the Evolution of Genome Size Variation in Capsicum

<i>Capsicum</i> (pepper) is an economically vital genus in the <i>Solanaceae</i> family, with most species possessing about 3 Gb genomes. However, the recently sequenced <i>Capsicum rhomboideum</i> (~1.7 Gb) represents the first reported case of an extremely compa...

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Main Authors: Qian Liu, Pinbo Liu, Shenghui Wang, Jian Yang, Liangying Dai, Jingyuan Zheng, Yunsheng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14/14/2136
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