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Tag Archives: retrotransposons
The landscape and structural diversity of LTR Retrotransposons in the Musa genome
334. Nouroz F, Noreen S, Ahmad H, Heslop Harrison JS(P). 2017. The landscape and structural diversity of LTR Retrotransposons in the Musa genome. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 292: 1051-1067. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00438-017-1333-1 Publisher site (££$$€€ needs subscription) Author version of manuscript: Nouroz_MGG2017_MusaLTRretrotransposons_AuthorVer Long terminal … Continue reading
Posted in Musa, Publications, Species
Tagged bac, banana, bioinformatics, breeding, genomics, LARD elements, LTR, musa, retrotransposons, sequencing
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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
Repetitive DNA in eukaryotic genomes
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
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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Evolutionary genomics of miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in Brassica
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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Tagged bac, BACs, biodiversity, bioinformatics, brassica, breeding, cabbage, chromosomes, DNA, dot-plots, dotplots, genome, genome evolution, genomics, hybrids, LTRs, MITEs, rape, rapeseed, repetitive DNA, retrotransposons, Southern hybridization, TIRs, transposons
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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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Transposable Elements in the Musa and Banana Genome: PAGXXIII conference talk
There has been a lot of talk about transposable elements during the Plant and Animal Genome #PAGXXIII meeting this week. As half or more – often 75% – of all the DNA in a plant or animal genome is typically … Continue reading
Posted in chromosomes, Conferences, cytogenetics, Farming, Musa, Research, Species
Tagged banana, breeding, chromosomes, DNA, genome evolution, genomics, hat, hat elements, musa, PAGxxiii, retrotransposons, transposons
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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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Faisal Nouroz : Collaborator from Hazara University, Pakistan on genome organization
Dr Faisal Nouroz completed his PhD at the University of Leicester in 2012, working on mobile element evolution in two contrasting crop groups, Musa and Brassica. Dr. Faisal Nouroz held a Ph.D scholarship from the Higher Education Commission and Hazara … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, brassica, crops, evolution, genome, hazara, mobile DNA, musa, pakistan, PhD, retrotransposons, students, te, transposons
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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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The genome sequence of banana
300. D’Hont A, Denoeud F, Aury JM, Baurens FC, Carreel F, Garsmeur O, Noel B, Bocs S, Droc G, Rouard M, Da Silva C, Jabbari K, Cardi C, Poulain J, Souquet M, Labadie K, Jourda C, Lengellé J, Rodier-Goud M, … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, comparative genomics, DNA, genes, genome, genomics, musa, retrotransposons, sequences, transposons
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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
