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Tag Archives: retroelements
Biodiversity in Ethiopian linseed: molecular characterization of landraces
342. Mhiret WN, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2018. Biodiversity in Ethiopian linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.): molecular characterization of landraces and some wild species. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 65: 1603–1614. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-018-0636-3 or author version: Linseed Linum Ethiopia Molecular Diversity Worku Mhiret GRACE 2018 Author … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Species
Tagged Altitude, biodiversity, breeding, collections, diversity, Ethiopia, flax, genetic resources, germplasm, IRAPs, ISSR, L. bienne, L. usitatissimum, landraces, linseed, phylogenetics, Region, retroelements, selection, SSRs
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Repetitive DNA in the catfish genome- rDNA, microsatellites, and Tc1-mariner transposon sequences in Imparfinis
339. Gouveia JG, Wolf IR, Vilas-Boas LA, Heslop-Harrison JS, Schwarzacher T, Dias AL. 2017. Repetitive DNA in the catfish genome: rDNA, microsatellites, and Tc1-mariner transposon sequences in Imparfinis species (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae). Journal of Heredity 108(6): 650-657. Journal link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esx065 Author PHHGouveia_CatfishRepeatsAuthorVersion Physical mapping of repetitive … Continue reading
Analysis of Petunia vein clearing virus (PVCV) sequences, retroelements and tandem repeats in Petunia axillaris N and P. inflata S6
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
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
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Tagged biodiversity, crocus, crops, DNA, domestication, IRAPs, markers, origins, phylogeny, polyploids, retroelements, saffron, spices, triploid
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Identification and evolutionary genomics of novel LTR retrotransposons in Brassica
315. Nouroz F, Noreen S, Heslop-Harrison JS. 2015. Identification and evolutionary genomics of Novel LTR retrotransposons in Brassica. Turkish Journal of Biology 39: 740-757 DOI: 10.3906/biy-1501-77 Link to manuscript PDF download at publisher site Retrotransposons (REs) are the most abundant and … Continue reading
Posted in Brassica, Publications, Species
Tagged biodiversity, brassica, breeding, chromosomes, crops, diversity, genome evolution, genomics, markers, phylogeny, retroelements, retrotransposons
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The diversification and activity of hAT transposons in Musa genomes
Menzel G, Heitkam T, Seibt KM, Nouroz F, Müller-Stoerme M, Heslop-Harrison JS, Schmidt T. 2014. The diversification and activity of hAT transposons in Musa genomes. Chromosome Research 22: 559–571. DOI 10.1007/s10577-014-9445-5 and Pubmed link ID: 25377178 And author print hATs in Musa … Continue reading
Posted in Musa, Publications, Species
Tagged banana, DNA transposons, evolution, genome evolution, genomics, hat, hat elements, heslop harrison, MITEs, musa, NGS, retroelements, retrotransposons, schmidt, TIR, transposons
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Chromosomal evolution in Brachiaria forage grasses with Fabiola Carvalho Santos
Fabiola Santos from University of Londrina, Brazil, is working on the Chromosomal evolution and the organization of repetitive DNA sequences in diploid and polyploid Brachiaria forage grasses in the molecular cytogenetics group in Leicester. Brachiaria is most important cultivated forage grass genus … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, Brasil, Brazil, breeders, breeding, cerrado, chromosomes, collaborations, cytogenetics, evolution, forage, genome, genomics, grasses, hybrids, Londrina, molecular cytogenetics, polyploids, retroelements, wild relative
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