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Drying banana seeds for ex situ conservation.
The ability of seeds to withstand drying is fundamental to ex situ seed conservation but drying responses are not well known for most wild species including crop wild relatives. We look at drying responses of seeds of Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, the two primary wild relatives of bananas and...Kallow, Simon ; Garcia Zuluaga, Manuela ; Fanega Sleziak, Natalia ; Nugraha, Bayu ; Mertens, Arne …
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Hybridization: a ‘double-edged sword’ for Neotropical plant diversity.
Hybridization can facilitate both evolutionary diversification and extinction and has had a critical role in plant evolution, with c. 25% of species known to hybridize in some temperate floras. However, in the species-rich Neotropical flora, the role of hybridization in the evolution of diversity remains unclear. Our review examines studies...Schley, Rowan J ; Twyford, Alex D ; Pennington, R Toby
Neotropics, Amazonia, ASpeciation, Andes, Amazonia, Genomics, Diversification, and Introgression
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Standards recommendations for the Earth BioGenome Project.
A global international initiative, such as the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), requires both agreement and coordination on standards to ensure that the collective effort generates rapid progress toward its goals. To this end, the EBP initiated five technical standards committees comprising volunteer members from the global genomics scientific community: Sample...Lawniczak, Mara K. N. ; Durbin, Richard ; Flicek, Paul ; Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin ; Wei, Xiaofeng …
Earth BioGenome Project, Ethics, Genomics, and Genome assembly
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Ectopic expression of Triticum polonicum VRT-A2 underlies elongated glumes and grains in hexaploid wheat in a dosage-dependent manner.
Flower development is an important determinant of grain yield in crops. In wheat (Triticum spp.), natural variation for the size of spikelet and floral organs is particularly evident in Triticum turgidum ssp. polonicum (also termed Triticum polonicum), a tetraploid subspecies of wheat with long glumes, lemmas, and grains. Using map-based...Adamski, Nikolai M. ; Simmonds, James ; Brinton, Jemima F. ; Backhaus, Anna E. ; Chen, Yi …
Flower development, Ectopic expression, Triticum polonicum, and Grain yield
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Genetic diversity and structure of Musa balbisiana populations in Vietnam and its implications for the conservation of banana crop wild relatives.
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are an indispensable source of alleles to improve desired traits in related crops. While knowledge on the genetic diversity of CWR can facilitate breeding and conservation strategies, it has poorly been assessed. Cultivated bananas are a major part of the diet and income of hundreds of...Mertens, Arne ; Bawin, Yves ; Vanden Abeele, Samuel ; Kallow, Simon ; Vu Dang, Toan …
Species diversity, Genetics, Heterozygosity, Phylogeography, Vietnam, China, Leaves, and Population genetics
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A pipeline for making 31P NMR accessible for small- and large-scale lipidomics studies.
Detailed molecular analysis is of increasing importance in research into the regulation of biochemical pathways, organismal growth and disease. Lipidomics in particular is increasingly sought after as it provides insight into molecular species involved in energy storage, signalling and fundamental cellular structures. This has led to the use of a...Furse, Samuel ; Williams, Huw E. L. ; Watkins, Adam J. ; Virtue, Samuel ; Vidal-Puig, Antonio …
Lipidomics, 31P NMR, and Lipid profiling