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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Plant Virus Evolution and Pararetroviruses in Petunia
TS. Hohn T, Richert-Pöggeler KR, Staginnus C, Harper G, Schwarzacher T, Teo CH, Teycheney P-Y, Iskra-Caruana M-L, Hull R. 2008. Evolution of Integrated Plant Viruses. Chapter 4 pp 53-81. In: Plant Virus Evolution Ed Roossinck MJ. Springer: Berlin Link to Publisher … Continue reading
Posted in Publications
Tagged agriculture, banana, crops, disease, genomes, genomics, integration, musa, pararetroviruses, petunia, plants, prv, retroviruses, transcription, virus
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Descriptors for Crocus (Crocus spp.)
312. Molina RV, Guardiola JL, García-Luis D, Renau-Morata B, Sanchis E, González-Nebauer S, de los Mozos M, Rodríguez-Conde MF, Santana O, Pastor-Férriz MT, Fernández JA, Santaella M, Roldán M, Tsimidou M, Polissiou M, Heslop-Harrison JS, Branca F, Mathew B. 2015. … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Species
Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, chromosomes, classification, crocus, Crocusbank, crops, descriptors, diversity, genes, genetic resources, genetics, morphology, phenotype, saffron, Saffronomics, taxonomy
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Diversity and characters in Ethiopian linseed Linum #PAGXXIII Negash Worku
Many people have talked about Orphan crops – those where there has been little genetic or other research – and the characterization, evaluation and exploitation of germplasm at the #PAGXXIII Plant and Animal Genome Conference this week. Today, I am … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, cytogenetics, Environment, Farming, News, Research
Tagged Africa, biodiversity, botany, breeding, domestication, Ethiopia, farming, flax, genetics, genomics, IRAP, IRAPs, linseed, Linum, markers, molecular diversity, plants, retrotransposons, seeds, transposons
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Transposable Elements in the Musa and Banana Genome: PAGXXIII conference talk
There has been a lot of talk about transposable elements during the Plant and Animal Genome #PAGXXIII meeting this week. As half or more – often 75% – of all the DNA in a plant or animal genome is typically … Continue reading
Posted in chromosomes, Conferences, cytogenetics, Farming, Musa, Research, Species
Tagged banana, breeding, chromosomes, DNA, genome evolution, genomics, hat, hat elements, musa, PAGxxiii, retrotransposons, transposons
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