Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics Seminar Friday 3:30-4:30 351 Moore Hall Seminal Papers in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics Date 30-Jan Speaker Annija Lace Ashley Webster 13-Feb Cari Schmitz Matt Murray 20-Feb Calli Anibas 27-Feb No Seminar 6-Mar Pete Thomasson 20-Mar Alex Marand Brett Burdo 27-Mar Abdalla Ibrahim Katelyn Horgan 10-Apr Ron Dymerski Stacie Shuler 17-Apr Tessa Peters Jared Zystro Seminal paper Experiments in Plant Hybridization. G. Mendel A-B translocations and their use in genetic studies. H. Roman Improvement by means of selection. W.G. Cochran The correlation between relatives on the supposition of Mendelian inheritance. R. A. Fisher The chromosomes in heredity W.S.Sutton The Use and value of back-crosses in small grain breeding. Harlan and Pope The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize. Barbara McClintock The Composition of a Field Maize. G.H. Shull Specific synthesis of DNA in vitro via a polymerasecatalyzed chain reaction. Kary Mullis Host-Parasite Interaction in Flax Rust - It’s Genetics and other Implications. H.H. Flor Genetic Exchange in Salmonella. Zinder and Lederberg General Nature of the Genetic Code for Proteins. F. Crick Phytogeographic Basis of Plant Origins. N. Vavilov Heredity in populations and pure lines. W. Johannsen