Tag Archives: repetitive DNA

Crop Improvement – Plant Nuclear Genomes

Posted on Sunday, 15 October, 2017 by

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 →

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Domestication, polyploidy and genomics of crops and weeds PAGXXV

Posted on Sunday, 15 January, 2017 by

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 →

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Analysis of Petunia vein clearing virus (PVCV) sequences, retroelements and tandem repeats in Petunia axillaris N and P. inflata S6

Posted on Friday, 27 May, 2016 by

325a. Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison JS, Richert-Pöggeler KR. 2016. Analysis of Petunia vein clearing virus (PVCV) sequences, retroelements and tandem repeats in Petunia axillaris N and P. inflata S6. Supplementary manuscript 2. Nature Plants 2: article number 16074. Link to manuscript: Petunia_PVCV_Repeats_SchwarzacherEtAl2016 Within … Continue reading →

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The molecular cytogenetic characterization of pistachio (Pistacia vera) suggests the arrest of recombination in the largest heteropycnotic pair HC1

Posted on Monday, 07 December, 2015 by

TS. Sola-Campoy PJ, Robles F, Schwarzacher T, Ruiz Rejón C, de la Herrán R, Navajas-Pérez R (2015) The molecular cytogenetic characterization of Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) suggests the arrest of recombination in the largest heteropycnotic pair HC1. PLoS ONE 10(12): … Continue reading →

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Repetitive DNA in eukaryotic genomes

Posted on Monday, 02 November, 2015 by

322. Biscotti MA, Olmo E, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2015. Repetitive DNA in eukaryotic genomes. Chromosome Research 23(3): 415-420. DOI: 10.1007/s10577-015-9499-z Biscotti Repetitive DNA Author Version Link to Repetitive DNA summary Diagram Molcyt.com DNA Repetitive DNA — sequence motifs repeated hundreds or thousands of … Continue reading →

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Chromosomal distribution and evolution of retrotransposons in diploid and polyploid Brachiaria forage grasses

Posted on Monday, 21 September, 2015 by

319. Santos FC, Guyot R, Valle CB do, Chiari L, Techio VH, Heslop-Harrison P, Vanzela ALL. 2015. Chromosomal distribution and evolution of abundant retrotransposons in plants: gypsy elements in diploid and polyploid Brachiaria forage grasses. Chromosome Research 23(3): 571-582. DOI: 10.1007/s10577-015-9492-6 Text … Continue reading →

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Evolutionary genomics of miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in Brassica

Posted on Friday, 29 May, 2015 by

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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