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The origin and evolution of a two-component system of paralogous genes encoding the centromeric histone CENH3 in cereals by Elisafenko, Evgeny A, Evtushenko, Elena V, Vershinin, Alexander V

“…The cereal family Poaceae is one of the largest and most diverse angiosperm families. The central component of centromere specification and function is the…”
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Genetic Redundancy in Rye Shows in a Variety of Ways by Vershinin, Alexander V, Elisafenko, Evgeny A, Evtushenko, Elena V

“…Fifty years ago Susumu Ohno formulated the famous C-value paradox, which states that there is no correlation between the physical sizes of the genome, i.e.,…”
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Cytogenetic and molecular characteristics of rye genome in octoploid triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack) by Evtushenko, Elena V, Lipikhina, Yulia A, Stepochkin, Petr I, Vershinin, Alexander V

“…Alloploidization resulting from remote (interspecific or intergeneric) hybridization is one of the main factors in plant evolution, leading to the formation of…”
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Expression of Two Rye CENH3 Variants and Their Loading into Centromeres by Evtushenko, Elena V, Elisafenko, Evgeny A, Gatzkaya, Sima S, Schubert, Veit, Houben, Andreas, Vershinin, Alexander V

“…Gene duplication and the preservation of both copies during evolution is an intriguing evolutionary phenomenon. Their preservation is related to the function…”
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Chromosomal assignment of centromere-specific histone CENH3 genes in rye ( Secale cereale L.) and their phylogeny by Lipikhina, Yulia A, Evtushenko, Elena V, Elisafenko, Evgeny A, Vershinin, Alexander V

“…Centromeres are essential for correct chromosome segregation during cell division and are determined by the presence of centromere-specific histone 3 (CENH3)…”
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Retrotransposons and the Evolution of Genome Size in Pisum by Ellis, T. H. Noel, Vershinin, Alexander V.

“…Here we investigate the plant population genetics of retrotransposon insertion sites in pea to find out whether genetic drift and the neutral theory of…”
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Dynamics of the Centromeric Histone CENH3 Structure in Rye-Wheat Amphidiploids (Secalotriticum) by Gordei, Ivan A., Gordei, Igor S., Lyusikov, Oleg M., Evtushenko, Elena V., Lipikhina, Yulia A., Vershinin, Alexander V.

“…The centromeres perform integral control of the cell division process and proper distribution of chromosomes into daughter cells. The correct course of this…”
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The roles of the monomer length and nucleotide context of plant tandem repeats in nucleosome positioning by Levitsky, Victor G., Babenko, Vladimir N., Vershinin, Alexander V.

“…Similar to regularly spaced nucleosomes in chromatin, long tandem DNA arrays are composed of regularly alternating monomers that have almost identical primary…”
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Chromosome ends: different sequences may provide conserved functions by Louis, Edward J., Vershinin, Alexander V.

“…The structures of specific chromosome regions, centromeres and telomeres, present a number of puzzles. As functions performed by these regions are ubiquitous…”
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Transposable elements reveal the impact of introgression, rather than transposition, in Pisum diversity, evolution, and domestication by Vershinin, Alexander V, Allnutt, Theodore R, Knox, Maggie R, Ambrose, Mike J, Ellis, T H Noel

“…The genetic structure and evolutionary history of the genus Pisum were studied exploiting our germplasm collection to compare the contribution of different…”
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Insertional Polymorphism and Antiquity of PDR1 Retrotransposon Insertions in Pisum Species by Jing, Runchun, Knox, Maggie R, Lee, Jennifer M, Vershinin, Alexander V, Ambrose, Michael, Ellis, T. H. Noel, Flavell, Andrew J

“…Sequences flanking 73 insertions of the retrotransposon PDR1 have been characterized, together with an additional 270 flanking regions from one side alone,…”
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Retroelements, transposons and methylation status in the genome of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) and the relationship to somaclonal variation by Kubis, Sybille E, Castilho, Alexandra M M F, Vershinin, Alexander V, Heslop-Harrison, John Seymour Pat

“…We isolated and characterized different classes of transposable DNA elements in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plants grown from seed, and plants regenerated…”
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Diverse patterns of the tandem repeats organization in rye chromosomes by Alkhimova, Olena G, Mazurok, Nina A, Potapova, Tatyana A, Zakian, Suren M, Heslop-Harrison, John S, Vershinin, Alexander V

“…Although the monomer size, nucleotide sequence, abundance and species distribution of tandemly organized DNA families are well characterized, little is known…”
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LINEs and gypsy-like retrotransposons in Hordeum species by Vershinin, Alexander V, Druka, Arnis, Alkhimova, Alena G, Kleinhofs, Andris, Heslop-Harrison, John S

“…LINE and gypsy-like retroelements were studied in the genome of Hordeum vulgare, and compared with the representatives of the major sections of the genus…”
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Comparative analysis of the nucleosomal structure of rye, wheat and their relatives by Vershinin, A.V. (John Innes Centre, Norwich (United Kingdom). Dept. of Cell Biology), Heslop-Harrison, J.S

“…Analysis of the structure of chromatin in cereal species using micrococcal nuclease (MNase) cleavage showed nucleosomal organization and a ladder with typical…”
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Rye chromosome variability in wheat-rye addition and substitution lines by Alkhimova, A G, Heslop-Harrison, J S, Shchapova, A I, Vershinin, A V

“…In a study of polymorphism and stability in rye chromosomes, three rye varieties and the sets of wheat-rye addition and substitution lines were compared using…”
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The chromosomal distributions of Ty1-copia group retrotransposable elements in higher plants and their implications for genome evolution by Heslop-Harrison, J S, Brandes, A, Taketa, S, Schmidt, T, Vershinin, A V, Alkhimova, E G, Kamm, A, Doudrick, R L, Schwarzacher, T, Katsiotis, A, Kubis, S, Kumar, A, Pearce, S R, Flavell, A J, Harrison, G E

“…Retrotransposons make up a major fraction--sometimes more than 40%--of all plant genomes investigated so far. We have isolated the reverse transcriptase…”
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Various organizations of the complex repeats in vole sex chromosome heterochromatin by Kozlova, Svetlana V, Mazurok, Nina A, Vershinin, Alexander V, Zakian, Suren M

“…Different patterns of the DNA sequences organization were revealed in the vole (Rodentia) sex chromosome heterochromatin using dual-label fluorescence in-situ…”
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The Large-Scale Genomic Organization of Repetitive DNA Families at the Telomers of Rye Chromosomes by Vershinin, Alexander V., Schwarzacher, Trude, Heslop-Harrison, John S.

“…Repetitive DNA sequences in the terminal heterochromatin of rye (Secale cereale) chromosomes have consequences for the structural and functional organization…”
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Different patterns in molecular evolution of the Triticeae by Vershinin, A V, Alkhimova, A G, Heslop-Harrison, J S, Potapova, T A, Omelianchuk, N

“…A huge part of the genomes of most Triticeae species is formed by different families of repetitive DNA sequences. In this paper the phylogenetic distribution…”
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