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    Epigenetic Regulation in Almond

    Rapid advances in sequencing technologies have enabled researchers to reconceptualize genomes as dynamic entities with functions beyond storage and organization of genetic information. Evidence of this dynamic...

    Jonathan Fresnedo Ramírez, Katherine D’Amico-Willman in The Almond Tree Genome (2023)

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    Morphological variation in black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) associated with environmental conditions in Mexico and the United States

    Black cherries are native to North America and make up a complex of five morphologically different subspecies growing in significantly different niches. This study used 474 presence points, 19 climate paramete...

    Félix Alberto Guzmán, Sergio Segura in Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2018)

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    Variance, Inter-Trait Correlation, Heritability, and Marker-Trait Association of Rubber Yield-Related Characteristics in Taraxacum kok-saghyz

    Rubber dandelion (Taraxacum kok-saghyz or TK) is a potential industrial crop species that can produce high-quality natural rubber in its roots. The present study estimated trait variance, inter-trait correlation,...

    Zinan Luo, Brian J. Iaffaldano, **aofeng Zhuang in Plant Molecular Biology Reporter (2018)

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    An integrative AmpSeq platform for highly multiplexed marker-assisted pyramiding of grapevine powdery mildew resistance loci

    Resistance breeding often requires the introgression and tracking of resistance loci from wild species into domesticated backgrounds, typically with the goal of pyramiding multiple resistance genes, to provide...

    Jonathan Fresnedo-Ramírez, Shanshan Yang, Qi Sun, Linda M. Cote in Molecular Breeding (2017)

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    Analysis of the first Taraxacum kok-saghyz transcriptome reveals potential rubber yield related SNPs

    Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TK) is a potential alternative crop for natural rubber (NR) production, due to its high molecular weight rubber, short breeding cycle, and diverse environmental adap...

    Zinan Luo, Brian J. Iaffaldano, **aofeng Zhuang in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    Genome-wide DNA-(de)methylation is associated with Noninfectious Bud-failure exhibition in Almond (Prunus dulcis [Mill.] D.A.Webb)

    Noninfectious bud-failure (BF) remains a major threat to almond production in California, particularly with the recent rapid expansion of acreage and as more intensive cultural practices and modern cultivars a...

    Jonathan Fresnedo-Ramírez, Helen M. Chan, Dan E. Parfitt in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    Genetic dissection of powdery mildew resistance in interspecific half-sib grapevine families using SNP-based maps

    Quantitative trait locus (QTL) identification in perennial fruit crops is impeded largely by their lengthy generation time, resulting in costly and labor-intensive maintenance of breeding programs. In a grapev...

    Soon Li Teh, Jonathan Fresnedo-Ramírez, Matthew D. Clark in Molecular Breeding (2016)

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    Toward the elucidation of cytoplasmic diversity in North American grape breeding programs

    Plants have an intriguing tripartite genetic system: Nuclear genome × Mitochondria × Plastids and their interactions may impact germplasm breeding. In grapevine, the study of cytoplasmic genomes has been limit...

    Jonathan Fresnedo-Ramírez, Qi Sun, Chin-Feng Hwang in Molecular Breeding (2016)

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    QTL map** and breeding value estimation through pedigree-based analysis of fruit size and weight in four diverse peach breeding programs

    The narrow genetic base of peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) challenges efforts to accurately dissect the genetic architecture of complex traits. Standardized phenotypic assessment of pedigree-linked breeding germ...

    Jonathan Fresnedo-Ramírez, Terrence J. Frett, Paul J. Sandefur in Tree Genetics & Genomes (2016)

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    QTL map** of pomological traits in peach and related species breeding germplasm

    Peach is an economically important fruit tree crop that exhibits high phenotypic variability yet suffers from diversity-limited gene pool. Genetic introgression of novel alleles from related species is being p...

    Jonathan Fresnedo-Ramírez, Marco C. A. M. Bink, Eric van de Weg in Molecular Breeding (2015)

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    Heterogeneity in the entire genome for three genotypes of peach [Prunus persica(L.) Batsch] as distinguished from sequence analysis of genomic variants

    Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] is an economically important fruit crop that has become a genetic-genomic model for all Prunus species in the family Rosaceae. A doubled haploid reference genome sequence length...

    Jonathan Fresnedo-Ramírez, Pedro J Martínez-García, Dan E Parfitt in BMC Genomics (2013)

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    Effect prediction of identified SNPs linked to fruit quality and chilling injury in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]

    Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are a fundamental source of genomic variation. Large SNP panels have been developed for Prunus species. Fruit quality traits are essential peach breeding program objectives ...

    Pedro J. Martínez-García, Jonathan Fresnedo-Ramírez in Plant Molecular Biology (2013)

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    Influence of year and genetic factors on chilling injury susceptibility in peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch)

    Chilling injury (CI) is a major physiological problem limiting consumption and export of peach and nectarine (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch). To clarify the genetic basis for chilling injury, inheritance of the majo...

    Pedro J. Martínez-García, Cameron P. Peace, Dan E. Parfitt in Euphytica (2012)