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Open AccessRegenerating zebrafish scales express a subset of evolutionary conserved genes involved in human skeletal disease
Scales are mineralised exoskeletal structures that are part of the dermal skeleton. Scales have been mostly lost during evolution of terrestrial vertebrates whilst bony fish have retained a mineralised dermal ...
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Open AccessInsight into the evolution of the Solanaceae from the parental genomes of Petunia hybrida
Petunia hybrida is a popular bedding plant that has a long history as a genetic model system. We report the whole-genome sequencing and assembly of inbred derivatives of its two wild parents, P. axillaris N and P...
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Effects of Pro-Tex on zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae, adult common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and adult yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi)
Aquaculture practices bring several stressful events to fish. Stressors not only activate the hypothalamus–pituitary–interrenal-axis, but also evoke cellular stress responses. Up-regulation of heat shock prote...
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Open AccessGenomic analysis of the native European Solanum species, S. dulcamara
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet, climbing nightshade) is one of the few species of the Solanaceae family native to Europe. As a common weed it is adapted to a wide range of ecological niches and it has long been r...
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Identification and Applications of the Petunia Class II Act1/dTph1 Transposable Element System
Transposable genetic elements are considered to be ubiquitous. Despite this, their mutagenic capacity has been exploited in only a few species. The main plant species are maize, Antirrhinum, and Petunia. Repre...
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Massive Indexed Parallel Identification of Transposon Flanking Sequences
The large scale sequencing of insertion element flanking sequences has revolutionized reverse genetics in plant research: Insertion mutants can now simply be identified in silico by BLAST searching the resulting ...
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Transposon Display: A Versatile Method for Transposon Tagging
Transposon tagging has been used successfully in a range of organisms for the cloning of mutants of interest. In species containing high copy numbers of transposable elements combined with a high transposition...
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Evolution and Development of the Flower
The development of the angiosperm flower has been an important morphological innovation in plant evolution. Through studying the molecular basis of flower development in different model species we are offered ...
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A conserved microRNA module exerts homeotic control over Petunia hybrida and Antirrhinum majus floral organ identity
It is commonly thought that deep phylogenetic conservation of plant microRNAs (miRNAs) and their targets1,2 indicates conserved regulatory functions. We show that the blind (bl) mutant of Petunia hybrida3 and the...
