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Polyploid and Hybrid Genomics /
Polyploidy plays an important role in biological diversity, trait improvement, and plant species survival. Understanding the evolutionary phenomenon of polyploidy is a key challenge for plant and crop scientists. This book is made up of contributions from leading researchers in the field from around...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicester :
Wiley,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contributors; Preface; Section I: Genomics of Hybrids; Chapter 1: Yeast Hybrids and Polyploids as Models in Evolutionary Studies; Introduction; Experimental Advantages of Budding Yeasts; Yeast Hybrids; Yeast Polyploids; Paleopolyploidy and Duplicated Genes Retention; Ploidy and Evolution-Theory and Experiments; Genomic Response to Polyploidy and Hybridity; Yeast Hybrids as a Tool for Studying Genomic Regulation; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References.
- Chapter 2: Transcriptome Profiling of Drosophila Interspecific Hybrids: Insights into Mechanisms of Regulatory Divergence and Hybrid DysfunctionIntroduction; Gene Expression; Drosophila Hybrids as a Model to Study Transcriptome Divergence; Outlook; References; Chapter 3: cis- and trans-Regulation in Drosophila Interspecific Hybrids; Introduction; Distinguishing between cis- and trans-Regulatory Changes Using eQTL, GWAS, and ASE; Methods Used to Quantify ASE; Studies of cis- and trans-Regulation in Interspecific Hybrids of Drosophila; Insights into Regulatory Evolution.
- Cis- and trans-Regulatory Evolution in Drosophila: A Look AheadReferences; Chapter 4: Gene Expression and Heterosis in Maize Hybrids; Introduction; Gene Expression in Maize Hybrids-Transcript Abundance Relative to Inbred Parents; Allele-Specific Gene Regulation in the Maize Hybrid; Modes of Gene Regulation in the Hybrid; Genetic and Structural Diversities That Contribute to Regulatory Variation; Understanding Heterosis-Various Models; Perspectives; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5: Integrating "Omics" Data and Expression QTL to Understand Maize Heterosis; Introduction.
- Experimental Design and eQTL AnalysiseQTL and the Mechanisms Underlying Gene Regulation; Building Networks and Integrating "omics" to Understand How Variants, in Particular eQTL, Can Result in Phenotypic Variation; Conclusion and Future Prospects; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6: Genomics and Heterosis in Hexaploid Wheat; Introduction; Genetic Dissection of Wheat Heterosis; Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis between Wheat Hybrids and Parents; Some Differentially Expressed Patterns are Correlated with Wheat Heterosis.
- Function Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes between Wheat Hybrids and Their Parental LinesPossible Regulatory Mechanism Contributing to Differential Gene Expression in Wheat; Physiological Basis of Heterosis for Grain Yield in Wheat; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7: Progress of Genomics and Heterosis Studies in Hybrid Rice; Introduction; Progress in the Study of Rice Genomics; Heterosis and Transcriptomics in Hybrid Rice; Epigenetic Modification and Heterosis in Hybrid Rice; Molecular Mechanism behind Heterosis; Perspectives; Acknowledgments; References.