chapter2 review of literature
... unsaturated oils for making margarine and shortenings trans fatty acids, known to confer health risks in humans, are formed (Mozaffarian, 2005). Development of crop varieties producing oils with quality appropriate for specific market needs presents a better alternative to chemical modification of v ...
... unsaturated oils for making margarine and shortenings trans fatty acids, known to confer health risks in humans, are formed (Mozaffarian, 2005). Development of crop varieties producing oils with quality appropriate for specific market needs presents a better alternative to chemical modification of v ...
Introduction
... The contaminated fraction was labelled with Hoechst dye (a DNA dye) and cells sorted by this dye and their light scattering properties using FACS. RT-PCR found no trace of an mRNA found at high levels in the vegetative cell in the purified sperm. This cDNA library is used as the basis for finding n ...
... The contaminated fraction was labelled with Hoechst dye (a DNA dye) and cells sorted by this dye and their light scattering properties using FACS. RT-PCR found no trace of an mRNA found at high levels in the vegetative cell in the purified sperm. This cDNA library is used as the basis for finding n ...
6.3 Mendel and Heredity
... 6.3 Mendel and Heredity Genetics: is the study of biological inheritance patterns and variation in organisms. The groundwork for much of our understanding was laid down in the middle of the 1800s by Gregor Mendel. ...
... 6.3 Mendel and Heredity Genetics: is the study of biological inheritance patterns and variation in organisms. The groundwork for much of our understanding was laid down in the middle of the 1800s by Gregor Mendel. ...
A physiological overview of the genetics of flowering time control
... Environmental factors participating in the control of flowering time are not all perceived by the same organ(s) (Lang, 1965; Bernier et al., 1981; Bernier, 1988) (Table 1). Vernalization is generally perceived by the shoot apex [shoot apical meristem (SAM) plus leaf primordia], as shown by the fact ...
... Environmental factors participating in the control of flowering time are not all perceived by the same organ(s) (Lang, 1965; Bernier et al., 1981; Bernier, 1988) (Table 1). Vernalization is generally perceived by the shoot apex [shoot apical meristem (SAM) plus leaf primordia], as shown by the fact ...
Interactions Between Genes Controlling Pathogenicity in the Flax
... To produce the rust progeny, plants of cultivar Hoshangabad, which possesses no known resistance genes, were inoculated with haploid basidiospores by suspending germinating teliospores of a parent strain over the plants for several hours in a high-humidity chamber. The monokaryotic infections (pycni ...
... To produce the rust progeny, plants of cultivar Hoshangabad, which possesses no known resistance genes, were inoculated with haploid basidiospores by suspending germinating teliospores of a parent strain over the plants for several hours in a high-humidity chamber. The monokaryotic infections (pycni ...
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... wheat A. geniculata additions were recovered. C-banding and meiotic pairing analyses revealed that all added Ug and Mg genome chromosomes were structurally unaltered compared to the A. geniculata parent accession. Chromosome 4Mg has a strong gametocidal gene that, when transferred to wheat, causes e ...
... wheat A. geniculata additions were recovered. C-banding and meiotic pairing analyses revealed that all added Ug and Mg genome chromosomes were structurally unaltered compared to the A. geniculata parent accession. Chromosome 4Mg has a strong gametocidal gene that, when transferred to wheat, causes e ...
Overexpression of PP2A‐C5 that encodes the catalytic subunit 5 of
... Soil salinity is one of the major environmental stresses that greatly inhibit plant growth and development (Munns and Testers 2008). Plants have evolved three major strategies to cope with salt stress: restriction of Na+ from entering cells (influx), compartmentalization of Na+ into vacuoles to reduc ...
... Soil salinity is one of the major environmental stresses that greatly inhibit plant growth and development (Munns and Testers 2008). Plants have evolved three major strategies to cope with salt stress: restriction of Na+ from entering cells (influx), compartmentalization of Na+ into vacuoles to reduc ...
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... of auxin signaling (Guilfoyle and Hagen, 2007; Guilfoyle, 2015). Most of the Aux/IAA proteins contain four conserved domains, namely, Domain I, Domain II, Domain III, and Domain IV. Domain I is an active repression domain containing a conserved LxLxL motif. Domain II contains a conserved degron and ...
... of auxin signaling (Guilfoyle and Hagen, 2007; Guilfoyle, 2015). Most of the Aux/IAA proteins contain four conserved domains, namely, Domain I, Domain II, Domain III, and Domain IV. Domain I is an active repression domain containing a conserved LxLxL motif. Domain II contains a conserved degron and ...
The SELF-PRUNING gene of tomato regulates
... resulting in a single cycle consisting of vegetative, inflorescence and floral phases, with a clear separation of the vegetative and reproductive phases. By contrast, in the sympodial shoots of the day-neutral tomato plant the vegetative and reproductive phases alternate regularly. The primary (juve ...
... resulting in a single cycle consisting of vegetative, inflorescence and floral phases, with a clear separation of the vegetative and reproductive phases. By contrast, in the sympodial shoots of the day-neutral tomato plant the vegetative and reproductive phases alternate regularly. The primary (juve ...
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... “memory” of vernalization can be maintained for up to 330 days (Lang 1965). What is the nature of these lessons? Recently, the door to this secret classroom has opened a crack and allowed researchers their first glimpses of how this process takes place in Arabidopsis. In Arabidopsis, two genes, FRIG ...
... “memory” of vernalization can be maintained for up to 330 days (Lang 1965). What is the nature of these lessons? Recently, the door to this secret classroom has opened a crack and allowed researchers their first glimpses of how this process takes place in Arabidopsis. In Arabidopsis, two genes, FRIG ...
Genetic recombination in plants
... maize, rice, tomato, soybean, wheat, and barley. In some cases, most notably Arabidopsis [l&15], tomato [16-191 and rice [ZO], these YAC and BAC clones are being organized into large contigs. These concigs represent a resource for investigating the relationship between the physical nature of chromos ...
... maize, rice, tomato, soybean, wheat, and barley. In some cases, most notably Arabidopsis [l&15], tomato [16-191 and rice [ZO], these YAC and BAC clones are being organized into large contigs. These concigs represent a resource for investigating the relationship between the physical nature of chromos ...
New Construct Approaches for Efficient Gene Silencing in Plants
... for instance, plants 717-7, 717-8, 717-9, 717-10, and 717-13 was linked to less than 2-fold reduced gus gene ...
... for instance, plants 717-7, 717-8, 717-9, 717-10, and 717-13 was linked to less than 2-fold reduced gus gene ...
controlling flowering time and plant height in
... QTL located by MR are shown in boxes with their additive effects and significances. A triangle by a locus name indicates that the marker or pair of markers was not linked to the main linkage group. Loci on i(7H)S marked with a square showed segregation distortion in favour of the Blenheim allele. Ar ...
... QTL located by MR are shown in boxes with their additive effects and significances. A triangle by a locus name indicates that the marker or pair of markers was not linked to the main linkage group. Loci on i(7H)S marked with a square showed segregation distortion in favour of the Blenheim allele. Ar ...
reactions of sweet corn hybrids to prevalent diseases
... trials are probably more accurate than estimates based on one or two trials. Symptoms may occur on hybrids rated R, but the amount of the disease on these hybrids is less than the amount on hybrids rated MR, M, MS, or S. The effects of diseases on yield should correspond to this scale of hybrid reac ...
... trials are probably more accurate than estimates based on one or two trials. Symptoms may occur on hybrids rated R, but the amount of the disease on these hybrids is less than the amount on hybrids rated MR, M, MS, or S. The effects of diseases on yield should correspond to this scale of hybrid reac ...
Loss-of-function of a Rice Gibberellin Biosynthetic Gene, GA20
... genomic clones on the rice chromosome revealed that not all of these genes corresponded to the sd1 gene. Our research team and Hirochika’s group in the Rice Genome Research Program in Tsukuba have also isolated knockout mutants for these GA-biosynthetic enzymes, all of which showed a much stronger d ...
... genomic clones on the rice chromosome revealed that not all of these genes corresponded to the sd1 gene. Our research team and Hirochika’s group in the Rice Genome Research Program in Tsukuba have also isolated knockout mutants for these GA-biosynthetic enzymes, all of which showed a much stronger d ...
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... (b) In the light-independent stage of photosynthesis, the enzyme rubisco catalyses the combination of carbon dioxide with ribulose bisphosphate, RuBP. When the carbon dioxide concentration within the leaf is very low, rubisco tends to combine oxygen, rather than carbon dioxide, with RuBP. This proce ...
... (b) In the light-independent stage of photosynthesis, the enzyme rubisco catalyses the combination of carbon dioxide with ribulose bisphosphate, RuBP. When the carbon dioxide concentration within the leaf is very low, rubisco tends to combine oxygen, rather than carbon dioxide, with RuBP. This proce ...
Parasexual Genetics in Dictyostelium discoideum
... it has been extensively studied by developmental biologists. Despite the availability of numerous mutants affecting the development of D . discoideum, no means of genetic analysis was available until recently to complement the biological and biochemical studies to which the organism is well suited. ...
... it has been extensively studied by developmental biologists. Despite the availability of numerous mutants affecting the development of D . discoideum, no means of genetic analysis was available until recently to complement the biological and biochemical studies to which the organism is well suited. ...
Goings on in Mendel`s Garden
... allele-specific ways, or depend on the environment, or are affected by other genes. Much of this has long been known. Thus, from White (1917): “. . . height of a given variety in any given year is very much influenced by environmental conditions. . . . The environmental conditions which modify heigh ...
... allele-specific ways, or depend on the environment, or are affected by other genes. Much of this has long been known. Thus, from White (1917): “. . . height of a given variety in any given year is very much influenced by environmental conditions. . . . The environmental conditions which modify heigh ...
Agrobacterium: nature`s genetic engineer
... Since the biological functions encoded by these genes were not yet known, the full significance of these data could not be appreciated. However, the use of promoters encoded in the T-DNA proved invaluable in the genetic engineering of plants. Once a restriction map of an octopine Ti plasmid was gene ...
... Since the biological functions encoded by these genes were not yet known, the full significance of these data could not be appreciated. However, the use of promoters encoded in the T-DNA proved invaluable in the genetic engineering of plants. Once a restriction map of an octopine Ti plasmid was gene ...
Mendelian Genetics
... In 1853 and 1854, Mendal published two papers on crop damage by insects. However, he is best known for his later studies of the pea plant Pisum sativum. Mendel was inspired by both his professors at university and his colleagues at the monastery to study variation in plants. He had carried out artif ...
... In 1853 and 1854, Mendal published two papers on crop damage by insects. However, he is best known for his later studies of the pea plant Pisum sativum. Mendel was inspired by both his professors at university and his colleagues at the monastery to study variation in plants. He had carried out artif ...
Genetic analysis of root-knot nematode resistance in potato
... The potato (Solanum tuberosum L. ssp. tuberosum) originates from the Andes in South America and has been distributed globally after its introduction in Europe around 1570 (Hawkes 1994). Potato is nowadays the most important non-cereal crop in the world and combines a high (potential) yield with a hi ...
... The potato (Solanum tuberosum L. ssp. tuberosum) originates from the Andes in South America and has been distributed globally after its introduction in Europe around 1570 (Hawkes 1994). Potato is nowadays the most important non-cereal crop in the world and combines a high (potential) yield with a hi ...
A Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 mutant
... 1964; Mysore and Ryu, 2004). Type-II non-host and racespecific resistance against P. syringae often appear similar. When inoculated at a low level, P. syringae strains will grow well initially in plants with either type of resistance, but growth is sustained for several days and necrotic symptoms ar ...
... 1964; Mysore and Ryu, 2004). Type-II non-host and racespecific resistance against P. syringae often appear similar. When inoculated at a low level, P. syringae strains will grow well initially in plants with either type of resistance, but growth is sustained for several days and necrotic symptoms ar ...
Molecular Biology Reports
... Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] is a nutritious crop that contains high levels of antioxidants such as carotenoids, anthocyanins, and vitamin C. Its wide adaptability on marginal lands in tropical climates can be exploited to secure the food supply. The United States Department of Agriculture ...
... Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] is a nutritious crop that contains high levels of antioxidants such as carotenoids, anthocyanins, and vitamin C. Its wide adaptability on marginal lands in tropical climates can be exploited to secure the food supply. The United States Department of Agriculture ...
Application of the new manP counter-selection system for B. subtilis
... integration of the plasmid into the chromosome of B. subtilis by single cross-over was ...
... integration of the plasmid into the chromosome of B. subtilis by single cross-over was ...
Chapter 11 - Genetics & Meiosis Review Questions (w/...
... 34. A pea plant heterozygous for height and seed color (TtYy) is crossed with a pea plant heterozygous for height but homozygous recessive for seed color (Ttyy). If 80 offspring are produced, how many are expected to be tall and have yellow seeds? 35. What might happen if the gametes of a species ha ...
... 34. A pea plant heterozygous for height and seed color (TtYy) is crossed with a pea plant heterozygous for height but homozygous recessive for seed color (Ttyy). If 80 offspring are produced, how many are expected to be tall and have yellow seeds? 35. What might happen if the gametes of a species ha ...