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Tag Archives: biodiversity
Introgression of chromosome segments from multiple alien species in wheat breeding lines with wheat streak mosaic virus resistance
324. Ali N, Heslop-Harrison JS, Ahmad H, Graybosch RA, Hein GL, Schwarzacher T. 2016. Introgression of chromosome segments from multiple alien species in wheat breeding lines with wheat streak mosaic virus resistance. Heredity (2016) 117, 114–123; published online 1 June … Continue reading
Posted in cereals, chromosomes, cytogenetics, Publications, Species, wheat
Tagged biodiversity, breeding, chromosomes, crops, cytogenetics, diversity, domestication, evolution, farming, genomics, hybrids, in situ hybridization, introgression, markers, molecular cytogenetics, mosaic virus, resistance, rye, Secale, Thinopyrum, tolerance, virus, wheat, WSMV
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Diversity and relationships of Crocus sativus and its relatives analysed by IRAPs
315. Alsayied N, Fernández JA, Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2015. Diversity and relationships of Crocus sativus and its relatives analysed by Inter Retroelement Amplified Polymorphism (IRAP). Annals of Botany 116(3): 359-368. doi:10.1093/aob/mcv103 Crocus IRAP Diversity Nouf AlSayied Ann Bot Author … Continue reading
Posted in Publications
Tagged biodiversity, crocus, crops, DNA, domestication, IRAPs, markers, origins, phylogeny, polyploids, retroelements, saffron, spices, triploid
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Identification and evolutionary genomics of novel LTR retrotransposons in Brassica
315. Nouroz F, Noreen S, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2015. Identification and evolutionary genomics of Novel LTR retrotransposons in Brassica. Turkish Journal of Biology 39: 740-757 DOI: 10.3906/biy-1501-77 Link to manuscript PDF download at publisher site Retrotransposons (REs) are the most abundant and … Continue reading
Posted in Brassica, Publications, Species
Tagged biodiversity, brassica, breeding, chromosomes, crops, diversity, genome evolution, genomics, markers, phylogeny, retroelements, retrotransposons
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Evolutionary genomics of miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in Brassica
317. Nouroz F, Noreen S, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2015. Evolutionary genomics of miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in Brassica. Molecular Genetics and Genomics (MGG) 290 (6): 2297–2312. DOI: 10.1007/s00438-015-1076-9 Brassica MITEs Author Version MGG download Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) are truncated derivatives of autonomous DNA transposons, … Continue reading
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Tagged bac, BACs, biodiversity, bioinformatics, brassica, breeding, cabbage, chromosomes, DNA, dot-plots, dotplots, genome, genome evolution, genomics, hybrids, LTRs, MITEs, rape, rapeseed, repetitive DNA, retrotransposons, Southern hybridization, TIRs, transposons
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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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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
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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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