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Author Archives: Pat Heslop-Harrison
Polyploidy and interspecific hybridisation: partners for adaptation, speciation and evolution in plants
337. Alix K, Gérard PR, Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2017. Polyploidy and interspecific hybridisation: partners for adaptation, speciation and evolution in plants. Annals of Botany 120(2): 183-194. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx079 (Free access). Polyploidy, defined as whole genome duplication, is present in almost all lineages … Continue reading
Posted in Brassica, cereals, Publications, wheat
Tagged breeding, chromosomes, ecology, evolution, genome evolution, genomics, hybrids, polyploidy, selection, TEs, transposons, wheat
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Identification and characterization of mobile genetic elements LINEs from Brassica genome
Nouroz F, Noreen S, Khan MF, Ahmed S, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2017. Identification and characterization of mobile genetic elements LINEs from Brassica genomes. Gene in press June 2017. Abstract Among transposable elements (TEs), the LTR retrotransposons are abundant followed by nonLTR retrotransposons … Continue reading
Posted in Brassica, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged brassica, breeding, diversity, genetics, genomics, germplasm, introgression, lines, oilseeds, phylogeny, retrotranposons, Reverse transcriptase, wild species
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Polyploidy and interspecific hybridisation: partners for adaptation, speciation and evolution in plants
337. Alix K, Gérard PR, Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2017. Polyploidy and interspecific hybridisation: partners for adaptation, speciation and evolution in plants. Annals of Botany 120: 183–194. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx079 (freely available) Author version (free to post) to come. Figure 1 showing polyploidy or WGD … Continue reading
Posted in Brassica, cereals, Crocus, Musa, Publications, Species, Uncategorized, wheat
Tagged amphipolyploids, autopolyploids, chromosomes, crops, cytogenetics, ecology, ecosystems, genetics, genomics, hybrids, polyploidy, speciation
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New Project on Molecular Cytogenetics and Genomics of Ensete banana
We have a research project starting in 2017 on Ethiopian banana, Ensete ventricosum, for 18 months, in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Dr Paul Wilkin) and University of Addis Ababa (Professor Sebsebe Demissew). There is a post-doctoral position working … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborators, Farming, jobs, Musa, People, Research, Species
Tagged academic, advert, banana, bbsrc, breeding, diversity, DNA, ensete, Ethiopia, farming, fellowship, food security, gcrf, genetics, genomics, global challenge, job, postdoc, postdoctoral, propagation, research, sequencing, tissue culture, university
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The landscape and structural diversity of LTR Retrotransposons in the Musa genome
334. Nouroz F, Noreen S, Ahmad H, Heslop Harrison JS(P). 2017. The landscape and structural diversity of LTR Retrotransposons in the Musa genome. Molecular Genetics and Genomics in press June 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00438-017-1333-1 Publisher site needs subscription Author version of manuscript: Nouroz_MGG2017_MusaLTRretrotransposons_AuthorVer Long … Continue reading
Posted in Musa, Publications, Species
Tagged bac, banana, bioinformatics, breeding, genomics, LARD elements, LTR, musa, retrotransposons, sequencing
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Molecular Diversity in some Ghanaian cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) accessions
315. Otwe EP, Agyirifo DS, Galyuon IK, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2017. Molecular Diversity in some Ghanaian Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata L.(Walp)] Accessions. Tropical Plant Biology.:1-11. DOI 10.1007/s12042-017-9184-9 BibT Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata L. (Walp)] is grown mainly for its protein-rich grains and is consumed … Continue reading
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Speciation in Callitriche (Plantaginaceae): the allopolyploid origin of C. platycarpa
Schwarzacher T, Scrocca V, Johnson K, Gornall RJ. 2016. Speciation in Callitriche (Plantaginaceae): the allopolyploid origin of C. platycarpa. New Journal of Botany. 2016 Sep 1;6(2-3):98-101. DOI: 10.1080/20423489.2016.1271293 Genomic in situ hybridisation (GISH) experiments involving hybridising labelled genomic DNA from the diploid … Continue reading
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