Molecular biology of plant mitochondria

CS Levings iii, GG Brown - Cell, 1989 - Elsevier
Size and Organization Higher plant mitochondrial genomes are much larger and more
complex than those of other organisms. They vary in size from about 200 kb in Brassica …

[HTML][HTML] Research advances and prospects of spinach breeding, genetics, and genomics

G Bhattarai, A Shi - Vegetable Research, 2021 - maxapress.com
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a diploid (2n= 2x= 12), wind-pollinated and highly
heterozygous crop. The plants are mostly dioecious, although some monoecious plants …

Repetitive DNA of grapevine: classes present and sequences suitable for cultivar identification

MR Thomas, S Matsumoto, P Cain, NS Scott - Theoretical and Applied …, 1993 - Springer
Repetitive DNA sequences present in the grapevine genome were investigated as probes
for distinguishing species and cultivars. Microsatellite sequences, minisatellite sequences …

High-frequency gene transfer from the chloroplast genome to the nucleus

S Stegemann, S Hartmann, S Ruf… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Eukaryotic cells arose through endosymbiotic uptake of free-living bacteria followed by
massive gene transfer from the genome of the endosymbiont to the host nuclear genome …

Chloroplast DNA evolution and biosystematic uses of chloroplast DNA variation

JD Palmer - The American Naturalist, 1987 - journals.uchicago.edu
Three major tasks confront the molecular-evolutionary biologist. The first and most central of
these is to describe the natural history of a particular genome. This involves determining …

Repetitive DNA and chromosome evolution in plants

RB Flavell - … Transactions of the Royal Society of London …, 1986 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Most higher plant genomes contain a high proportion of repeated sequences. Thus
repetitive DNA is a major contributor to plant chromosome structure. The variation in total …

Isolation and structural analysis of chloroplast DNA

JD Palmer - Methods in enzymology, 1986 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter describes a filter hybridization approach for mapping
chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) restriction sites along with several strategies for generating …

[HTML][HTML] DNA damage caused by common cytological fixatives

MP Douglas, SO Rogers - Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular …, 1998 - Elsevier
Tissues from nine species of plants and fungi were treated separately with eight solutions,
including seven cytological fixatives (3.7% formaldehyde at pH 3.0 and 7.0, FAA at pH 3.0 …

NUPTs in sequenced eukaryotes and their genomic organization in relation to NUMTs

E Richly, D Leister - Molecular biology and evolution, 2004 - academic.oup.com
NUPTs (nuclear plastid DNA) derive from plastid-to-nucleus DNA transfer and exist in
various plant species. Experimental data imply that the DNA transfer is an ongoing, highly …

IN SITU PRESERVATION OF DNA IN PLANT SPECIMENS

MM Pyle, RP Adams - Taxon, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Twenty‐seven treatments of plant specimens were examined to determine their effects on
the quantity and quality of DNA obtained from spinach leaves. Treatments included various …