The sixth Japanese meeting on biological function and evolution through interactions between hosts and transposable elements

Kenji Ichiyanagi; Yoko Ikeda; Kuniaki Saito

doi:10.1186/s13100-023-00310-9

The sixth Japanese meeting on biological function and evolution through interactions between hosts and transposable elements

Mob DNA. 2023 Dec 12;14(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13100-023-00310-9.

Authors

Kenji Ichiyanagi¹, Yoko Ikeda², Kuniaki Saito³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Genome and Epigenome Dynamics, Department of Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan. ichiyana@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
² Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, 2-20-1 Chuo, Kurashiki, 710-0046, Japan. yikeda@okayama-u.ac.jp.
³ Invertebrate Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan. saitok@nig.ac.jp.

Abstract

The sixth Japanese meeting on host-transposon interactions, titled "Biological Function and Evolution through Interactions between Hosts and Transposable Elements," was held on August 24th and 25th, 2023, at the National Institute of Genetics as well as online. This meeting was supported by the National Institute of Genetics and aimed to bring together researchers studying the diverse roles of TEs in genome function and evolution, as well as host defense systems against TE mobility, TE bursts during evolution, and intron mobility in mammals, insects, land plants, yeast, protozoa, and bacteria. Here, we have presented the highlights of the discussion.Organizers: Kenji Ichiyanagi, Yoko Ikeda, and Kuniaki Saito.

Keywords: Epigenetics; Evolution; Gene innovation; Retrotransposon; Transposon.