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Category Archives: Musa
Banana, Ensete and Boesenbergia Genomics talk by Schwarzacher, Heslop-Harrison, Harikrishna
Comparative genomic analysis in Zingiberales: what can we learn from banana to enable Ensete and Boesenbergia to reach their potential? Talk for Plant and Animal Genomics #PAGXXV Molecular cytogenetics can address challenges in crops with relatively little background knowledge. This … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Farming, Musa
Tagged Africa, banana, breeding, chromosomes, enset, ensete, Epigenetics, Ethiopia, food, genetics, genomics, immunocytochemistry, musa
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Banana research at the botanic garden
324. Heslop-Harrison, P. 2015. Banana research at the botanic garden. University of Leicester Botanic Garden Newsletter 12: 4. November 2015. Dessert bananas and the cooking bananas or plantains are among the oldest crops in the world. Most crops were domesticated through a long pathway … Continue reading
Posted in Musa, Press, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged banana, botanic garden, chromosomes, diversity, fruit, press
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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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The diversification and activity of hAT transposons in Musa genomes
Menzel G, Heitkam T, Seibt KM, Nouroz F, Müller-Stoerme M, Heslop-Harrison JS, Schmidt T. 2014. The diversification and activity of hAT transposons in Musa genomes. Chromosome Research 22: 559–571. DOI 10.1007/s10577-014-9445-5 and Pubmed link ID: 25377178 And author print hATs in Musa … Continue reading
Posted in Musa, Publications, Species
Tagged banana, DNA transposons, evolution, genome evolution, genomics, hat, hat elements, heslop harrison, MITEs, musa, NGS, retroelements, retrotransposons, schmidt, TIR, transposons
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In situ hybridization: a course on FISH and ChIp
In situ hybridization – a course on FISH and ChIp In situ hybridization, now largely with fluorescent detection so ‘fluorescent in situ hybridization’ or FISH, is a key method for localizing DNA sequences along chromosomes and occassionally within interphase nuclei. … Continue reading
Posted in cereals, Musa, News, Species, Techniques
Tagged ABI, bosenbergia, chip, chromatin, chromatin immunoprecipitation, chromosomes, course, crops, genomes, genomics, ginger, in situ hybridisation, in situ hybridization, malaya, malaysia, sequencing, teaching
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Wild banana species: their classification and the sequencing of Musa balbisiana
Crop relatives are important – we learn about the relationships of wild germplasm in comparison to the domesticated forms, and about the genetics and genes in the wild species. Two papers in the last month advance our understanding of wild … Continue reading
Posted in chromosomes, Genomics, Literature, Musa, Species
Tagged banana, chromosomes, collections, DNA, evolution, genetics, genome, germplasm, musa, plant breeding, relationships, relatives, sequences, taxonomy
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