Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS (TEs) 1. Introduction, Classification, and Transposition of Transposable Elements (TEs) 2. DNA Transposons PART II: PROTOCOLS DESIGNED TO CHARACTERIZE TEs AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 3. Computational Approaches for Prediction and Analysis of Transposable Elements in Plants 4. Annotation of Transposable Elements in the Evolution of Plant Genome Biology 5. Retro Transposon Capture Sequencing (RC-Seq) PART III: TRANSPOSON BIOLOGY 6. Transposable Elements and Plant Development 7. Transposons as Natural Genetic Engineers of Genome Mutation, Evolution, and Speciation 8. Transposable Elements and Epigenetic Regulation 9. Transposable Elements and Polyploidy in Plants 10. Transposable Elements and Plant Architecture 11. Regulation of Transposable Elements in Plant Genome 12. Transposable Elements and DNA Repair at the Cellular Level PART IV: TRANSPOSON APPLICATIONS IN GENOME EDITING 13. Role of Transposable Elements in Plants under Abiotic Stress Response 14. Genome Engineering in Plants via Transposable Elements 15. Transposon Tagging and Mutagenesis PART V: TEs OF MODEL PLANT 16. Classification, Structure, Function, and Evolution of Transposable Elements in Oryza sativa

About the Author

Deepu Pandita is a Senior Lecturer in the Government Department of School Education, Jammu and Kashmir, India. With more than 20 years of teaching experience, Deepu Pandita has presented her research work at both national and international conferences and has received several awards. Deepu Pandita acts as a reviewer, associate editor, and editor for several international journals. Deepu Pandita has published edited books, editorials, book chapters, reviews, and research articles in national and international journals, including Cells, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Journal of Fungi, and Frontiers in Physiology. Deepu Pandita currently has several books in the process of production.

Anu Pandita is a dietician at the Vatsalya Clinic, Krishna Nagar, New Delhi, India. Previously she worked as a lecturer at the Bee Enn College of Nursing, Talab Tillo, Jammu, India, and as a dietician at the Ahinsa Dham Bhagwan Mahavir Charitable Health Centre, New Delhi, India. Anu Pandita conducted a case study at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Ward at Nehru Hospital, PGI, India, on a patient suffering from chronic liver disease. Anu Pandita has published book chapters, reviews and research articles in national and international journals, including Cells, Journal of Fungi, and Frontiers in Physiology, and also has several books currently in the process of production. Anu Pandita has presented her research work at both national and international conferences.