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Tag Archives: genomes
Bovine satellite DNAs and a history of the evolution of complexity and its impact in the Bovidae family
348. Escudeiro A, Ferreira D, Mendes-da-Silva A, Heslop-Harrison JS, Adega F, Chaves R. 2019. Bovine satellite DNAs–a history of the evolution of complexity and its impact in the Bovidae family. European Zoological Journal. 2019 Jan 1 86(1):20-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2018.1558294 (Open access) Despite … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Collaborators, Publications
Tagged 1;29, bovideae, cattle, chromosomes, cows, evolution, genomes, genomics, karyotypes, repeats, repetitive DNA, satellite DNA, translocations
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Postdoctoral PDA RA positions in South China Botanical Gardens Plant Genome Evolution Research Group
Two post-doctoral positions, one MSc and one PhD position are currently open in the newly established “Plant Genome Evolution Research Group”, Principal Investigator JS (Pat) Heslop-Harrison, at the South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborators, jobs, News
Tagged banana, bioinformatics, botanic gardens, CAS, China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, chromosomes, conservation, cytogenetics, ecology, gardens, genomes, genomics, grasses, Guangzhou, jobs, Musaceae, positions, post-doc, postdoc, research, SCBG, South China Botanical Garden
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Crop Improvement – Plant Nuclear Genomes
328. Heslop-Harrison JS. 2017. Crop Improvement: Plant Nuclear Genomes. Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences 2nd Edition. In proof. Plant breeders work with large amounts of DNA sequence information including the sequences of all genes and the repetitive DNA that makes … Continue reading
Posted in Publications
Tagged biodiversity, breeding, Chloroplasts, chromosomes, Epigenetics, genetics, genome size, genomes, genomics, markers, Plastomes, QTL, repetitive DNA, Traits
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Chloroplast genomes from apomictic Taraxacum – identity and variation between microspecies
Taraxacum or dandelion chloroplast sequence diversity. Salih et al. PLoS One 2017. 333. Salih RHM, Majeský L, Schwarzacher T, Gornall R, Heslop-Harrison P. 2017. Complete chloroplast genomes from apomictic Taraxacum (Asteraceae): Identity and variation between three microspecies. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0168008. … Continue reading
Posted in Publications
Tagged apomixis, asexual, Asteraceae, chloroplast, chromosomes, dandelion, genomes, genomics, microspecies, plastids, Taraxacum, variation, weeds
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Molecular Cytogenetics Group – an infographic of what we do
Infographic: what we do in the Molecular Cytogenetics Research Group
Plant Virus Evolution and Pararetroviruses in Petunia
TS. Hohn T, Richert-Pöggeler KR, Staginnus C, Harper G, Schwarzacher T, Teo CH, Teycheney P-Y, Iskra-Caruana M-L, Hull R. 2008. Evolution of Integrated Plant Viruses. Chapter 4 pp 53-81. In: Plant Virus Evolution Ed Roossinck MJ. Springer: Berlin Link to Publisher … Continue reading
Posted in Publications
Tagged agriculture, banana, crops, disease, genomes, genomics, integration, musa, pararetroviruses, petunia, plants, prv, retroviruses, transcription, virus
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Evidence of convergent evolution in humans and macaques supports an adaptive role for copy number variation of the β-defensin-2 gene
Ottolini B, Hornsby MJ, Abujaber R, Macarthur JA, Badge RM, Schwarzacher T, Albertson DG, Bevins CL, Solnick JV, Hollox EJ. 2014. Evidence of convergent evolution in humans and macaques supports an adaptive role for copy number variation of the β-defensin-2 … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Research
Tagged animals, chromosomes, evolution, genomes, genomics, human, in situ
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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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Repetitive DNA in tetraploid peanut and its evolution from diploid Arachis
302. Bertioli DJ, Vidigal B, Nielen S, Ratnaparkhe MB, Lee T-JH, Leal-Bertioli SCM, Kim C, Guimaraes PM, Seijo G, Schwarzacher T, Paterson AH, Heslop-Harrison P, Araujo ACG. 2013. The repetitive component of the A genome of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) and its … Continue reading
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Tagged arachis, botany, breeding, chromosomes, crops, evolution, genomes, genomics, heslop harrison, legumes, oilseed, plants, polyploids, retrotransposons, tetraploids
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Nouf Alsayied: PhD student with Saffron Crocus at the University of Leicester and faculty member Umm Al-Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
My research focuses on understanding the origin and diversity of the genus Crocus (Iridaceae), with particular emphasis on a triploid sterile plant, Crocus sativus (2n=3x=24) that yields Saffron, one of the most expensive spices on earth. The saffron is the … Continue reading
Genetic stability or variation in oil palm tissue culture
301. Madon M, Heslop-Harrison JS, Schwarzacher T, Hashim AT. 2012. Analysis of oil palm calli and regenerants using flow and image cytometry and 18S-25S ribosomal DNA fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH). Journal of Oil Palm Research 24 (April): 1318-1329 Open Access Journal site. local copy … Continue reading
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Tagged callus, chromosomes, cytometry, Elaeis, FISH, fluorescent in situ hybridization, genome size, genomes, image analysis, oil palm, rDNA, tissue culture
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Plant nuclear genome composition
299. Heslop-Harrison, JS (Pat); and Schmidt, T (August 2012) Plant Nuclear Genome Composition. In: eLS 2012, John Wiley & Sons Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net/ Author-prepared preprint linked here. Subscription DOI: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470015902.a0002014.pub2/abstract (but this link seems not to work: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0002014.pub2 Nov 2012). Intranet: http://www.le.ac.uk/biology/phh4/HHpubs/ELS_PlantGenomes_SchmidtHH.pdf due Nov 2012). The … Continue reading
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Tagged breeding, chromosomes, evolution, genomes, genomics, hybridization, in situ
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Molecular cytogenetics and genome evolution 