Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous in plants and are the primary genomic component of the majority of taxa. Knowledge of their impact on the structure, function and evolution of plant genomes is therefore a priority in the field of genomics. Rice, as one of the most prevalent crops for food security worldwide, has been subjected to intense research efforts over recent decades. Consequently, a considerable amount of genomic resources has been generated and made freely available to the scientific community. These can be exploited both to improve our understanding of some basic aspects of genome biology of this species and to develop new concepts for crop improvement. In this review, we describe the current knowledge on how TEs have shaped rice chromosomes and propose a new strategy based on a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to address the important question of their functional impact on this crop.

中文翻译：

---

转座因子对水稻基因组结构，进化和功能的影响。

转座因子（TEs）在植物中无处不在，并且是大多数分类单元的主要基因组组成部分。因此，了解它们对植物基因组的结构，功能和进化的影响是基因组学领域的优先事项。稻米是全球粮食安全最普遍的作物之一，近几十年来一直在进行大量研究。因此，已经产生了大量的基因组资源并将其免费提供给科学界。这些可以被利用来增进我们对该物种基因组生物学一些基本方面的理解，并为作物改良开发新的概念。在这篇评论中