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Category Archives: People
Molecular cytogenetics research group October 2014
At our lab. meeting a couple of weeks ago, we were happy to welcome two new PhD students to the group. Here we all are in the lobby of our Adrian Building. We are from six countries, and work on … Continue reading
Posted in People, PhD students, Research
Tagged bioinformatics, Brazil, breeding, domestication, fellowships, genetics, group, Hungary, in situ hybridization, India, Iraq, Kurdistan, molecular cytogenetics, Pat Heslop-Harrison, people, research, Saudi Arabia, selection, Trude Schwarzacher
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Chromosomal evolution in Brachiaria forage grasses with Fabiola Carvalho Santos
Fabiola Santos from University of Londrina, Brazil, is working on the Chromosomal evolution and the organization of repetitive DNA sequences in diploid and polyploid Brachiaria forage grasses in the molecular cytogenetics group in Leicester. Brachiaria is most important cultivated forage grass genus … Continue reading
Posted in chromosomes, Collaborators, Farming, Genomics, News, People, Research
Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, Brasil, Brazil, breeders, breeding, cerrado, chromosomes, collaborations, cytogenetics, evolution, forage, genome, genomics, grasses, hybrids, Londrina, molecular cytogenetics, polyploids, retroelements, wild relative
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Sugar cane and characterization of Saccharum hybrids by molecular cytogenetics with Natalia Melloni
Natália Melloni from UNESP and IAC, Brazil, has been characterizing Saccharum sugar cane hybrids in a collaboration with the molecular cytogenetics group. The title of the project is “Characterization of interspecific hybrids (Saccharum spp x Saccharum spontaneum) by molecular cytogenetics” … Continue reading
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Worku Mhiret: Biodiversity and its exploitation in Ethiopian Linseed
Worku Mhiret from the University of Gondar, Ethiopia and Pat Heslop-Harrison (University of Leicester, UK) are working on linseed or flax: measuring the diversity of accessions from Ethiopia and comparing this with varieties from Ireland, Canada and elsewhere. We are … Continue reading
Posted in News, People, PhD students, Research
Tagged biodiversity, breeding, crops, diversity, domestication, Ethiopia, flax, genetics, Linum, markers, oil, seeds
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Nouf Alsayied: PhD student with Saffron Crocus at the University of Leicester and faculty member Umm Al-Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
My research focuses on understanding the origin and diversity of the genus Crocus (Iridaceae), with particular emphasis on a triploid sterile plant, Crocus sativus (2n=3x=24) that yields Saffron, one of the most expensive spices on earth. The saffron is the … Continue reading
The origin of saffron: Crocus sativus
Our research projects are studying the origins and diversity in several polyploid crops: banana, wheats, Brassica, Panicum millets, Nicotiana and the saffron crocus, Crocus sativus. The spice saffron is the stigmas of the flowers, and widely appreciated in Indian and … Continue reading
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Tagged crocus, crops, domestication, flowers, polyploidy, saffron, stigma
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The Molecular Cytogenetics Research Group 2013
We were mostly together for our lab meeting in March 2013. Missing: Dr John Bailey; PhD students Farah Badakshi (polyploid species), Stuart Desjardins (Knotweed with Dr John Bailey), Worku Mhiret (linseed diversity, working in Ethiopia), Chetan Patokar (PhD student, wheat introgression); … Continue reading
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