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The genetic control of apomixis: asexual seed formation by Hand, Melanie L, Koltunow, Anna M G

“…Apomixis (asexual seed formation) is the result of a plant gaining the ability to bypass the most fundamental aspects of sexual reproduction: meiosis and…”
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A detached leaf assay for testing transient gene expression and gene editing in cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) by Juranić, Martina, Nagahatenna, Dilrukshi S K, Salinas-Gamboa, Rigel, Hand, Melanie L, Sánchez-León, Nidia, Leong, Weng Herng, How, Tracy, Bazanova, Natalia, Spriggs, Andrew, Vielle-Calzada, Jean-Philippe, Koltunow, Anna M G

“…The legume cowpea ( L.) is extensively grown in sub-Saharan Africa. Cowpea, like many legumes has proved recalcitrant to plant transformation. A rapid…”
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Evolutionary history of tall fescue morphotypes inferred from molecular phylogenetics of the Lolium-Festuca species complex by Hand, Melanie L, Cogan, Noel O I, Stewart, Alan V, Forster, John W

“…The agriculturally important pasture grass tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb. syn. Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh.) is an outbreeding…”
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Assembled genomic and tissue-specific transcriptomic data resources for two genetically distinct lines of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) by Spriggs, Andrew, Henderson, Steven T., Hand, Melanie L., Johnson, Susan D., Taylor, Jennifer M., Koltunow, Anna

“…Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) is an important legume crop for food security in areas of low-input and smallholder farming throughout Africa and Asia…”
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Genome-wide SNP identification in multiple morphotypes of allohexaploid tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb) by Hand, Melanie L, Cogan, Noel O I, Forster, John W

“…Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) provide essential tools for the advancement of research in plant genomics, and the development of SNP resources for many…”
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Assembled genomic and tissue-specific transcriptomic data resources for two genetically distinct lines of Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) by Spriggs, Andrew, Henderson, Steven T, Hand, Melanie L, Johnson, Susan D, Taylor, Jennifer M, Koltunow, Anna

“…Cowpea ( (L.) Walp) is an important legume crop for food security in areas of low-input and smallholder farming throughout Africa and Asia. Genetic…”
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Comparison of homoeolocus organisation in paired BAC clones from white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and microcolinearity with model legume species by Hand, Melanie L, Cogan, Noel O I, Sawbridge, Timothy I, Spangenberg, German C, Forster, John W

“…White clover (Trifolium repens L.) is an outbreeding allotetraploid species and an important forage legume in temperate grassland agriculture. Comparison of…”
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Molecular characterisation and interpretation of genetic diversity within globally distributed germplasm collections of tall fescue (Festucaarundinacea Schreb.) and meadow fescue (F. pratensis Huds.) by Hand, Melanie L., Cogan, Noel O. I., Forster, John W.

“…Allohexaploid tall fescue ( Festuca arundinacea Schreb. syn. Lolium arundinaceum [Schreb.] Darbysh.) is an agriculturally important grass cultivated for…”
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Generation of an integrated Hieracium genomic and transcriptomic resource enables exploration of small RNA pathways during apomixis initiation by Rabiger, David S, Taylor, Jennifer M, Spriggs, Andrew, Hand, Melanie L, Henderson, Steven T, Johnson, Susan D, Oelkers, Karsten, Hrmova, Maria, Saito, Keisuke, Suzuki, Go, Mukai, Yasuhiko, Carroll, Bernard J, Koltunow, Anna M G

“…Application of apomixis, or asexual seed formation, in crop breeding would allow rapid fixation of complex traits, economizing improved crop delivery…”
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A Comparison of In Vitro and In Vivo Asexual Embryogenesis by Hand, Melanie L, de Vries, Sacco, Koltunow, Anna M G

“…In plants, embryogenesis generally occurs through the sexual process of double fertilization, which involves a haploid sperm cell fusing with a haploid egg…”
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Genetic diversity and host specificity of fungal endophyte taxa in fescue pasture grasses by Ekanayake, Piyumi N, Hand, Melanie L, Spangenberg, German C, Forster, John W, Guthridge, Kathryn M

“…A number of pasture and turf grass species form mutually beneficial symbiotic associations with endophytic fungal species. Within the fescue grasses, diploid…”
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A reference genetic linkage map of apomictic Hieracium species based on expressed markers derived from developing ovule transcripts by Shirasawa, Kenta, Hand, Melanie L., Henderson, Steven T., Okada, Takashi, Johnson, Susan D., Taylor, Jennifer M., Spriggs, Andrew, Siddons, Hayley, Hirakawa, Hideki, Isobe, Sachiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Koltunow, Anna M. G.

“…Apomixis in plants generates clonal progeny with a maternal genotype through asexual seed formation. Hieracium subgenus Pilosella (Asteraceae) contains…”
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Plastome Sequence Determination and Comparative Analysis for Members of the Lolium-Festuca Grass Species Complex by Hand, Melanie L, Spangenberg, German C, Forster, John W, Cogan, Noel O I

“…Chloroplast genome sequences are of broad significance in plant biology, due to frequent use in molecular phylogenetics, comparative genomics, population…”
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Development and implementation of a multiplexed single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping tool for differentiation of ryegrass species and cultivars by Wang, Junping, Pembleton, Luke W, Baillie, Rebecca C, Drayton, Michelle C, Hand, Melanie L, Bain, Melissa, Sawbridge, Timothy I, Spangenberg, German C, Forster, John W, Cogan, Noel O. I

“…Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) are important temperate forage grasses which are closely related,…”
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Identification of genetic factors influencing salt stress tolerance in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) by QTL analysis by Wang, Junping, Drayton, Michelle C, George, Julie, Cogan, Noel O. I, Baillie, Rebecca C, Hand, Melanie L, Kearney, Gavin A, Erb, Stacey, Wilkinson, Tania, Bannan, Nathaniel R, Forster, John W, Smith, Kevin F

“…Allotetraploid (2n = 4x = 32) white clover (Trifolium repens L.) is the most commonly cultivated legume component of temperate pastures, sown in swards with a…”
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Identification of QTLs for morphological traits influencing waterlogging tolerance in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) by Pearson, Allison, Cogan, Noel O. I, Baillie, Rebecca C, Hand, Melanie L, Bandaranayake, Champa K, Erb, Stacey, Wang, Junping, Kearney, Gavin A, Gendall, Anthony R, Smith, Kevin F, Forster, John W

“…Perennial ryegrass is a globally cultivated obligate outbreeding diploid species (2n = 2x = 14) which is subjected to periods of waterlogging stress due to…”
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Nucleotide diversity of vernalization and flowering‐time‐related genes in a germplasm collection of meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds. syn. Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh.) by Shinozuka, Hiroshi, Hand, Melanie L., Cogan, Noel O. I., Spangenberg, German C., Forster, John W.

“…In plant species, control of flowering time is an important factor for adaptation to local natural environments. The Vrn1, CO, FT1 and CK2α genes are key…”
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Identification of homologous, homoeologous and paralogous sequence variants in an outbreeding allopolyploid species based on comparison with progenitor taxa by Hand, Melanie L, Ponting, Rebecca C, Drayton, Michelle C, Lawless, Kahlil A, Cogan, Noel O. I, Charles Brummer, E, Sawbridge, Timothy I, Spangenberg, German C, Smith, Kevin F, Forster, John W

“…The combination of homologous, homoeologous and paralogous classes of sequence variation presents major challenges for SNP discovery in outbreeding…”
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Evolutionary history of tall fescue morphotypes inferred from molecular phylogenetics of the Lolium-Festucaspecies complex by Hand, Melanie L, Cogan, Noel OI, Stewart, Alan V, Forster, John W

“…Background The agriculturally important pasture grass tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb. syn. Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh.) is an outbreeding…”
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Molecular characterisation and interpretation of genetic diversity within globally distributed germplasm collections of tall fescue by Hand, Melanie L, Cogan, Noel O.I, Forster, John W

“…Allohexaploid tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb. syn. Lolium arundinaceum [Schreb.] Darbysh.) is an agriculturally important grass cultivated for pasture…”
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