Here is a talk I presented at the European Cytogenetics Association ECA course in March 2026. Below is also an AI-generated summary of my points. Acknowledgements and references are on the slides. The Powerpoint file is 80Mb in size, and slides can be edited and used (CC-BY). The talk explains how cytogenomics—the study of chromosomes,…
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Oat Chromosome Cytogenomics Evolution and AI-LLM-GPT Ideas
I presented a talk to the Plant Chromosome Biology Conference in Vienna in September 2025. The abstract was Cytogenomics of oat (Avena) genome evolution: Intra- and inter-genomic chromosomal translocations, repetitive DNA dynamics, and reconstruction of ancestral grass karyotypes show genome evolution in actionPat Heslop-Harrison1,2, Trude Schwarzacher1,2, Paulina Tomaszewska1,3, Qing Liu21University of Leicester, Institute for Environmental…
Avena longiglumis: a 3,961 Mb diploid oat genome sequence assembly
The study presents the chromosome-level genome assembly of Avena longiglumis, a diploid oat species. The assembly is high-quality, with 99% completeness and 40,845 annotated protein-coding genes. It provides insights into genome evolution, expansion, and structural variations, offering valuable information for oat breeding and functional genomics. Additionally, mitochondrial genome and comparative studies have been conducted.
Molecular cytogenetics, genome evolution and agricultural genomics 