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Conservation, divergence and functions of centromeric satellite DNA families in the Bovidae

Posted on Tuesday, 02 April, 2019 by

350. Escudeiro A, Adega F, Robinson TJ, Heslop-Harrison JS, Chaves R. 2019. Conservation, divergence and functions of centromeric satellite DNA families in the Bovidae. Genome Biology and Evolution (in press March 2019) https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz061 Repetitive satellite DNA (satDNA) sequences are abundant … Continue reading →

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ImmunoFISH – Simultaneous visualisation of proteins and DNA sequences gives insight into meiotic processes in nuclei of grasses

Posted on Wednesday, 15 August, 2018 by

Sepsi A, Fábián A, Jäger K, Heslop-Harrison JS, Schwarzacher T. ImmunoFISH: simultaneous visualisation of proteins and DNA sequences gives insight into meiotic processes in nuclei of grasses. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9: 1193. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01193 ImmunoFISH is a method combining immunolabelling (IL) … Continue reading →

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Identification and characterization of mobile genetic elements LINEs from Brassica genome

Posted on Wednesday, 19 July, 2017 by

Nouroz F, Noreen S, Khan MF, Ahmed S, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2017. Identification and characterization of mobile genetic elements LINEs from Brassica genomes. Gene 627: 94-105. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.06.015.. Abstract Among transposable elements (TEs), the LTR retrotransposons are abundant followed by nonLTR retrotransposons in … Continue reading →

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Polyploidy and interspecific hybridisation: partners for adaptation, speciation and evolution in plants

Posted on Thursday, 13 July, 2017 by

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 →

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Molecular Diversity in some Ghanaian cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) accessions

Posted on Thursday, 29 June, 2017 by

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

Posted on Tuesday, 27 June, 2017 by

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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Characterization and diversity of novel PIF/Harbinger DNA transposons in Brassica genomes

Posted on Saturday, 30 April, 2016 by

331. Nouroz F, Noreen S, Heslop-Harrison J.S. 2016. Characterization and diversity of novel PIF/Harbinger DNA transposons in Brassica genomes. Pakistani Journal of Botany 48(1): 167-178. http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/48(1)/21.pdf Among DNA transposons, PIF/Harbinger is most recently identified superfamily characterized by 3 bp target … Continue reading →

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