A critical review of a book entitled «Mobile genetic elements and plasticity of plant genomes», written by prof. V. A. Kunakh (Kyiv: Logos, 2013)
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BOOK REVIEWS
A critical review of a book entitled «Mobile genetic
elements and plasticity of plant genomes»,
written by prof. V. A. Kunakh (Kyiv: Logos, 2013)
(Kyiv: Logos, 2013; 298 p. ISBN 978-966-171-721-2)
This is probably the most comprehensive and detailed
review of transposable elements in plants that has been
written to date. Every aspect of transposable elements
(TE) in plants has been covered.
The information that was extracted from 704 refe-
rences is presented in 234 pages of text plus 70 figures
and eight tables. The review covers 30 classes of retro-
transposons. The literature (plus the author’s own publi-
cations), has been very well surveyed and recorded, into
thirty sections. It begins with the original hypotheses of
Hugo de Vries in 1906, to the observations in variega-
ted maize, by Emerson in 1917, McClintock in 1946 to
more recent papers on epigenetics and genome evolu-
tion by Fedoroff in 2013. The majority of citations refer
to more molecular aspects of TE that were published in
the last two decades.
This volume of information is logically and coherent-
ly presented. To provide for a sense of coherence in dea-
ling with the vast amounts of information, the review is
divided into three parts.
Part 1 is entitled «General Characteristics of Mobile
(Transposable) Genetic Elements». This part is divided
into six sections including a brief history of mobile ge-
netic elements (MGE), biology of MGE, retrotranspo-
sons, DNA transposons and evolution of mobile genetic
elements in plants, including life histories and phylogeny.
Part 2 is entitled «Biological Significance of Mobi-
le Genetic Elements» and this is further divided into ten
sections. It covers such topics as the effects of stress on
MGE transposition, evolutionary role of MGE, gene re-
arrangements brought about by transposition, role of
MGE in the evolution of plant genomes, mobile ele-
ments and plant epigenetics, role of transposons in plant
populations, MGE and sex evolution, role of MGE in
chromosome organization and horizontal gene transfer.
Part 3 is entitled «Applied Aspects». This part is di-
vided into seven sections and deals with such issues as
conditions and factors involved in gene cloning and cont-
rol of transposition, transposon mutagenesis, vector sys-
tems for genetic engineering, practical significance of
MGE transposition within and between genomes, gene
cloning, tools for biotechnological studies and MGEs
as genetic markers.
The book will be a useful review and source of refe-
rences, on this very complex topic, for scientists, gra-
duate students and any other interested persons. The sci-
entist will find this book a useful source of information
on every aspect of MGEs. Further detail on all these
aspects can be found in the 704 references provided.
The literature review is extensive and up to date. This
book will also appeal to graduate students. In addition
to the scientific information, the author has included a
glossary of 34 pages with about 700 definitions of ge-
netic and molecular genetics terms. These definitions
will be useful to all readers.
The text of the book is very well written and easy to
read. It is written in Ukrainian with Tables of Contents,
Introduction and Summaries in English. This book will
be a very useful addition to any scientists’ book shelf.
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ISSN 0233–7657. Biopolymers and Cell. 2014. Vol. 30. N 2. P. 163
George Fedak, Principal Research Scientist Science
and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6� Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine, 2014
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