Cis-regulatory effects of transposable element insertion/absence polymorphisms in the Brassica napus population

Acknowledgements

This study is funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (32101684), Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (2025GXNSFAA069252), Guangxi new agricultural science research and practice project (XNK202305), Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education (YCSW2025223), Guangxi Normal University’s Provincial Training Program of Innovation (X2025106020244; S202410602149) and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates and scholarship from China Scholarship Council (202208455005).

Author contributions

Y.L., X.K., Y.H., and Ma.L. conceived and designed the experiments. G.Y., C.T., Mi.L., Q.D., Y.W., H.L., Z.Z., R.M., L.Z., Y.H., X.K., and Ma.L. contributed to paper writing. Y.L., G.Y., C.T., Mi.L., and Y.H. conducted the experiment. Y.L. and X.K. contributed to the data analysis.

Data availability

Data sequences can be downloaded from figshare (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30579425). The code used in this study is available at the following website: (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30608039). Supplementary data can be downloaded from figshare (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30931352).

Conflicts of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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