Different approaches (including association studies) have recently been adopted for the
functional characterization of allelic variation in plants and to identify sequence motifs …

Benzoxazinoids are secondary metabolites that are effective in defence and allelopathy.
They are synthesised in two subfamilies of the Poaceae and sporadically found in single …

Plant specialized metabolites are chemically highly diverse, play key roles in host–microbe
interactions, have important nutritional value in crops and are frequently applied as …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), with a large genome (16000 Mb) and high proportion (∼ 80%)
of repetitive sequences, has been a difficult crop for genomics research. However, the …

During meiosis, crossover rates are not randomly distributed along the chromosome and
their location may have a strong impact on the functioning and evolution of the genome. To …

Background 45S rDNA sites are the most widely documented chromosomal regions in
eukaryotes. The analysis of the distribution of these sites along the chromosome in several …

Meiosis involves reciprocal exchange of genetic information between homologous
chromosomes to generate new allelic combinations. In cereals, the distribution of genetic …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Genes detected by wheat expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were mapped into chromosome
bins delineated by breakpoints of 159 overlapping deletions. These data were used to …

Abstract Long Terminal Repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are ubiquitous components of plant
genomes. Because of their copy-and-paste mode of transposition, these elements tend to …