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Tag Archives: genomics
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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The agriculture-nutrition-health nexus at the cost of water availability – conference paper
332. Noorka IR, Taufiqullah, Heslop-Harrison JS, Schwarzacher T. 2016. The agriculture-nutrition-health nexus at the cost of water availability in maize diverse genotypes to ensure food security. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Water Resources and the Arid Environments (ICWRAE 7): … Continue reading
Posted in cereals, Collaborators, Publications, Sustainability
Tagged Arid, breeding, Conference, environment, field trials, genomics, maize, nutrition, resources, salinity, selection, water
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Banana, Ensete and Boesenbergia Genomics talk by Schwarzacher, Heslop-Harrison, Harikrishna
Comparative genomic analysis in Zingiberales: what can we learn from banana to enable Ensete and Boesenbergia to reach their potential? Talk for Plant and Animal Genomics #PAGXXV Molecular cytogenetics can address challenges in crops with relatively little background knowledge. This … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Farming, Musa
Tagged Africa, banana, breeding, chromosomes, enset, ensete, Epigenetics, Ethiopia, food, genetics, genomics, immunocytochemistry, musa
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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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Polyploidy
328. Heslop-Harrison JS. 2017. Polyploidy. In: Reference Module in Life Sciences, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12- 809633-8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.06934-X (££$$€€) (see https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/sciencedirect/content/reference-modules for information about the series.) Abstract Polyploid organisms are eukaryotes that have more than two complete sets of chromosomes (one from each parent … Continue reading
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Tagged Amphidiploid, Autopolyploid, cells, chromosomes, cytogenetics, Eukaryotes, genomics, polyploids, Tetraploid
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Molecular Cytogenetics Group – an infographic of what we do
Infographic: what we do in the Molecular Cytogenetics Research Group
