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Tag Archives: domestication
Enset in Ethiopia as a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple: review article
349. Borrell JS, Biswas MK, Goodwin M, Blomme G, Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison JS, Wendawek AM, Berhanu A, Kallow S, Janssens S, Molla EL, Davis AP, Woldeyes F, Willis K, Demissew S, Wilkin P. 2019. Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized … Continue reading
Posted in Musa, Publications, Research, Species
Tagged biodiversity, biotic and abiotic resistance, breeding, climate adaptation, crop wild relatives (CWRs), crops, domestication, Ensete ventricosum, false banana, food security, genetics, genomics, germplasm collections, pests and pathogens, sustainable agriculture, tropical crop ecology
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Complete mitogenomes from Kurdistani sheep – abundant centromeric nuclear copies representing diverse ancestors
341. Mustafa SI, Schwarzacher T, and Heslop-Harrison JS. 2018. Complete mitogenomes from Kurdistani sheep: abundant centromeric nuclear copies representing diverse ancestors. Mitochondrial DNA Part A https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2018.1431226 (publisher – see free publisher link below if you can’t access) AND Mustafa et al_2018 AuthorVersion … Continue reading
Domestication, polyploidy and genomics of crops and weeds PAGXXV
Plant and Animal Genome Conference in San Diego #PAGXXV each January is the chance to join 3500 people working in genomics. I presented a talk on the molecular cytogenetics group’s work, starting with consideration of early stages of crop domestication, … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Farming, Genomics, News
Tagged chromosomes, crops, dandelion, domestication, evolution, genomics, knotweed, pag, pagxxv, polyploidy, repetitive DNA, selection, species, Taraxacum, weeds, wheat
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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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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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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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