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Fig. 4 | Genome Biology

Fig. 4

From: Full-length autonomous transposable elements are preferentially targeted by expression-dependent forms of RNA-directed DNA methylation

Fig. 4

TE size correlates with RdDM pathway. a Size distribution of Athila6A LTR retrotransposons categorized by their CHH methylation pathway. The red arrow is the size of the Athila6A autonomous consensus element. Box plot whiskers represent 10th–90th percentile while the mean is shown as a plus sign. n = number of TEs in each group. b Size categorization of all Arabidopsis TEs (excluding Athila6A elements). Asterisks represent statistical significance of p < 0.001 using a Chi-squared test of homogeneity followed by a multiple comparison test for unequal sample sizes. c Individual Athila6A element alignment with the annotated consensus sequence (cartoon at bottom). Each horizontal bar is one element (144 analyzed in each context), where gaps in the bar are internal deletions or regions that do not match the consensus element. Bars are color-coded for the category of CHH methylation in either the TE-silent (top) or TE-active (bottom) context. d Likelihood heat map of each of the landmarks on the consensus element present in an Athila6A element for each specific CHH methylation pathway. The data refer to the TE-active context only

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