Search Results - "MANICACCI, D"
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Signatures of local adaptation in lowland and highland teosintes from whole‐genome sequencing of pooled samples
Published in Molecular ecology (01-05-2017)“…Spatially varying selection triggers differential adaptation of local populations. Here, we mined the determinants of local adaptation at the genomewide scale…”
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Myosin XI is associated with fitness and adaptation to aridity in wild pearl millet
Published in Heredity (01-08-2017)“…Phenotypic changes in plants can be observed along many environmental gradients and are determined by both environmental and genetic factors. The…”
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Diversity and linkage disequilibrium features in a composite public/private dent maize panel: consequences for association genetics as evaluated from a case study using flowering time
Published in Theoretical and applied genetics (01-08-2012)“…Recent progress in genotyping and resequencing techniques have opened new opportunities for deciphering quantitative trait variation by looking for…”
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Contrasted patterns of selection since maize domestication on duplicated genes encoding a starch pathway enzyme
Published in Theoretical and applied genetics (01-03-2011)“…Maize domestication from teosinte ( Zea mays ssp. parviglumis ) was accompanied by an increase of kernel size in landraces. Subsequent breeding has led to a…”
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Genetic diversity associated with variation in silage corn digestibility for three O-methyltransferase genes involved in lignin biosynthesis
Published in Theoretical and applied genetics (01-12-2004)“…Polymorphisms within three candidate genes for lignin biosynthesis were investigated to identify alleles useful for the improvement of maize digestibility. The…”
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Maize Sh2 gene is constrained by natural selection but escaped domestication
Published in Journal of evolutionary biology (01-03-2007)“…In Zea mays L., we studied the molecular evolution of Shrunken2 (Sh2), a gene that encodes the large subunits of a major enzyme in endosperm starch…”
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Stamen elongation, pollen size, and siring ability in tristylous Eichhornia paniculata (Pontederiaceae)
Published in American journal of botany (01-11-1995)“…Selfing variants in tristylous Eichhornia paniculata (Pontederiaceae) possess an elongated, short-level stamen adjacent to mid-level stigmas, which causes…”
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Spatial structure of nuclear factors involved in sex determination in the gynodioecious Thymus vulgaris L
Published in Journal of evolutionary biology (01-12-1997)“…Theoretical models have shown that the maintenance of high frequencies of females in gynodioecious species can be explained by the spatial structure of…”
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Key impact of Vgt1 on flowering time adaptation in maize: evidence from association mapping and ecogeographical information
Published in Genetics (Austin) (01-04-2008)“…An association study conducted on 375 maize inbred lines indicates a strong relationship between Vgt1 polymorphisms and flowering time, extending former…”
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Maize Adaptation to Temperate Climate: Relationship Between Population Structure and Polymorphism in the Dwarf8 Gene
Published in Genetics (Austin) (01-04-2006)“…To investigate the genetic basis of maize adaptation to temperate climate, collections of 375 inbred lines and 275 landraces, representative of American and…”
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QTLs for enzyme activities and soluble carbohydrates involved in starch accumulation during grain filling in maize
Published in Journal of experimental botany (01-03-2005)“…ADPglucose, the essential substrate for starch synthesis, is synthesized in maize by a pathway involving at least invertases, sucrose synthase, and ADPglucose…”
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Evaluating the Reliability of Structure Outputs in Case of Relatedness between Individuals
Published in Crop science (01-03-2007)“…Inference of population structure from neutral marker loci is a key issue for association genetics. However, the presence of highly related individuals,…”
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Bridging Genomics and Genetic Diversity: Linkage Disequilibrium Structure and Association Mapping in Maize and Other Cereals
Published in Crop science (01-12-2007)“…Linkage disequilibrium (LD) and association mapping is receiving considerable attention in the plant genetics community for its potential to use existing…”
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Molecular evolution of the Opaque-2 gene in Zea mays L
Published in Journal of molecular evolution (01-10-2005)“…The Opaque-2 gene (O2) in maize encodes a transcriptional activator that controls the expression of various genes during kernel development, particularly some…”
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Thirty-five years of thyme: a tale of two polymorphisms
Published in Bioscience (01-10-1998)“…Researchers have spent 35 years studying the evolutionary dynamics of genetic polymorphisms of wild thyme (Thymus vulgaris). Thyme shows two polymorphisms:…”
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Genetic drift and founder effect in native versus introduced populations of an invading plant, Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae)
Published in Evolution (01-08-1996)“…There are few convincing examples of genetic drift at loci under selection in natural populations. The plant sexual polymorphism tristyly provides an…”
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Spatial structure of nuclear factors involved in sex determination in the gynodioecious
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Tristyly in the Endangered Mascarene Island Endemic Hugonia serrata (Linaceae)
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Gynodioecy and reproductive trait variation in three Thymus species (Lamiaceae)
Published in International journal of plant sciences (1998)“…We studied the general features of the reproductive system of two sympatric species Thymus zygis and Thymus mastichina (Lamiaceae) near Salamanca, Spain, and…”
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