April 5
Genome structure/mapping (Lisa Malm)
Wang et al. 2006. Characteristics of the tomato nuclear genome as determined
by sequencing undermethylated EcoRI digested fragments. TAG 112:72
Frary et al. 2005. Development of a set of PCR-based anchor markers encompassing
the tomato genome and evaluation of their usefulness for genetics and breeding
experiments TAG 111:291
Fridman, E., Carrari, F., Liu, Y.S., Fernie, A.R., and Zamir, D. 2004. Zooming in on a
quantitative trait for tomato using interspecific introgressions. Science 305: 1786-1789.
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QTLs (Jeff Mills)
Frary et al. 2004. Advanced backcross QTL analysis of a Lycopersicon esculentum _ L.
pennellii cross and identification of possible orthologs in the Solanaceae TAG108:485
Chen KY, Tanksley SD 2004. High-resolution mapping and functional analysis of se2.1:
A major stigma exsertion quantitative trait locus associated with the evolution from
allogamy to autogamy in the genus lycopersicon GENETICS 168: 1563-1573.
Causse, M., Duffe, P., Gomez, M.C., Buret, M., Damidaux, R., Zamir, D., et al. 2004. A
genetic map of candidate genes and QTLs involved in tomato fruit size and composition.
J. Exp. Bot. 55: 1671-1685.
April 12
Fruit shape (Victor Haroldsen)
Van der Knaap. And Tanksley SD 2003. The making of a bell pepper-shaped tomato
fruit: identification of loci controlling fruit morphology in Yellow Stuffer tomato
TAG 107:139.
Van der Knaap et al. 2004. High-Resolution Fine Mapping and Fluorescence in Situ
Hybridization Analysis of sun, a Locus Controlling Tomato Fruit Shape, Reveals a
Region of the Tomato Genome Prone to DNA Rearrangements Genetics 168:2127
Funtional genomics (Heather Rowe)
Davuluri et al. 2005. Fruit specific RNAi mediated suppression of DET-1enhances
carotenoid and flavonoid content in tomatoes. Nature Biotech 26;890
Alba et al. 2004. ESTs, cDNA microarrays, and gene expression profiling: tools
for dissecting plant physiology and development. The Plant J. 39:697.
April 19
Potato evolution, chloroplast (Anad Surendadrao)
Hosaka, K. 2004. Evolutionary pathway of T-type chloroplast DNA in potato American
Journal of Potato Research. 81:153-158.
Sukhotu, T. et al. 2004. Nuclear and chloroplast DNA differentiation in Andean potatoes.
Genome. 47:46-56.
Potato mapping/QTLs (Amir Moarefi)
Gebhardt, Christiane 2004 Assessing genetic potential in germplasm collections of crop
plants by marker-trait association: A case study for potatoes with quantitative variation of
resistance to late blight and maturity type. Molecular Breeding. 13:93-102.
Bormann, Christina et al. 2004 Tagging quantitative trait loci for maturity-corrected late
blight resistance in tetraploid potato with PCR-based candidate gene markers Molecular
Plant-Microbe Interactions. 17.. 1126-1138.
Pajerowska, Karolina M.; Parker, Jane E.; Gebhardt, Christiane 2005. Potato homologs of
Arabidopsis thaliana genes functional in defense signaling - Identification, genetic
mapping, and molecular cloning Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 18 : 1107-1119
April 26
Pepper mapping, major genes (Lisa Malm)
Efrati, Ari; Eyal, Yoram; Paran, Ilan 2005.
Molecular mapping of the chlorophyll retainer (cl) mutation in pepper (Capsicum spp.)
and screening for candidate genes using tomato ESTs homologous to structural genes of
the chlorophyll catabolism pathway. Genome 48 (2) : 347-351
Stewart, Charles Jr; Kang, Byoung-Cheorl; Liu, Kede, et al. 2005. The Pun1 gene for
pungency in pepper encodes a putative acyltransferase
Plant Journal 42 (5) : 675-688
Zygier, S.; Chaim, A. B.; Efrati, A., et al. 2005 QTLs mapping for fruit size and shape in
chromosomes 2 and 4 in pepper and a comparison of the pepper QTL map with that of
tomato Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111 (3) : 437-445
Cms (included as part of the lectures)
Kim, Dong Hwan; Kim, Byung-Dong 2006. The organization of mitochondrial atp6 gene
region in male fertile and CMS lines of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Current Genetics
49 : 59-67
Kim, Dong Hwan; Kim, Byung-Dong 2005. Development of SCAR markets for early
identification of cytoplasmic male sterility genotype in chili pepper (Capsicum annuum
L.). Molecules and Cells 20 : 416-422
Interactions of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes That
Affect Male Gametophyte Development. The Plant Cell. 16 s154-69.
Hanson M. and S. Bentolila 2005.
May 3rd
SI (H. Rowe)
Takayama S and I. Akira Isogai 2005. Self incompatibility in plants. Ann Rev Plant Bio.
56:467-89
Franklin-Tong N. and F. Chris H. Franklin 2003. Gametophytic self-incompatibility
inhibits pollen tube growth using different mechanisms. Trends in Pl Sci. 8:598-605
Brassica genome structure
Parkin, I et al 2005. Segmental Structure of the Brassica napus Genome Based on
Comparative Analysis With Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 171:765-781.
Henry I, t al 2006. History, protohistory and prehistory of the
Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome complement (in press)
May 10th
Sex determination in cucumber (A. Surendadrao)
Terefe, Diro; Tatlioglu, Turan, 2005. Isolation of a partial sequence of a putative
nucleotide sugar epimerase, which may involve in stamen development in cucumber
(Cucumis sativus L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111 (7) : 1300-1307.
Kater, Martin M.; Franken, John; Carney, Kim J., et al.2001. Sex determination in the
monoecious species cucumber is confined to specific floral whorls Plant Cell 13 (3) :
481-493.
Yamasaki, Seiji; Fujii, Nobuharu; Takahashi, Hideyuki, 2003.
Characterization of ethylene effects on sex determination in cucumber plants.
Sexual Plant Reproduction 16 (3) : 103-111.
Health benefits of onions and garlic (Jeff Mills)
Griffiths et al 2003. Onions-a global benefit to health. Phytotherapy Res. 16:603
Banerjee, S.K. et at. 2003. Garlic as an antioxidant, the good the bad and the ugly.
Phytotherapy Res. 17:97.
May 17th
Asparagus (Amir Moarefi)
Fukuda, Tatsuya; Ashizawa, Hiroki; Suzuki, Ryoko, et al.2005.
Molecular phylogeny of the genus Asparagus (Asparagaceae) inferred from plastid petB
intron and petD-rpoA intergenic spacer sequencesPlant Species Biology 20 (2) : 121-132
Jamsari, A.; Nitz, I.; Reamon-Buettner, S. M., et al. 2004. BAC-derived diagnostic
markers for sex determination in asparagus. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 108 (6) :
1140-1146
Losa, Alessia; Caporali, Elisabetta; Spada, Alberto, et al.2004. AOM3 and AOM4: Two
MADS box genes expressed in reproductive structures of Asparagus officinalis.
Sexual Plant Reproduction 16 (5) : 215-221
Lettuce (included as part of the lectures)
Syed, Naeem H.; Sorensen, Anker P.; Antonise, Rudie, et al. 2006. A detailed linkage
map of lettuce based on SSAP, AFLP and NBS markers. Theoretical and Applied
Genetics 112 (3) : 517-527.
Kuang, Hanhui; Woo, Sung-sick; Meyers, Blake C., et al.2004. Multiple genetic
processes result in heterogeneous rates of evolution within the major cluster disease
resistance genes in lettuce. Plant Cell 16 (11) : 2870-2894