Identification of retrotransposon and mirna at genome levelin wild potato plant by bioinformatics tools

Potato is an industrial plant that is produced and consumed globally due to its cheapness, high yield in the unit area, high nutritional values. It is used in many different fields. It has been stated that wild species with various characteristics can be used in studies to increase productivity because they have a higher rate of genetic variation than their cultivated relatives. One of the wild species of potato found in nature is S. commersonii Poir. It is more resistant to many stresses than cultivated potato S. tuberosum L. Also, its tuber has better quality due to the fact that it contains a higher proportion of dry matter. In order to determine the roles of miRNAs in tuber production and root characteristics relation we aimed to detect miRNAs in two transcriptome libraries of S. commersonii Poir.. In this study miRNAs were evaluated for the first time in the wild potato transcriptome data using in silico analysis. A number of miRNAs were identified, and their potential roles in tuber were discussed. Target analysis of detected miRNAs was performed. In addition, within the scope of this thesis, it is aimed to detect transposons, which are genome-wide transposable elements, in wild potato plant (S. commersonii Poir.).