Evolutionary history of the Tip100 transposon in the genus Ipomoea
Tip100 is an Ac-like transposable element that belongs to the hAT superfamily.First discovered in Ipomoea purpurea (common morning glory), it was classified as an autonomous element capable of movement within the genome.As Tip100 data were already available in databases, the sequences of related elements in ten additional species of Ipomoea and fiv