Handbook of Maize Genetics and Genomics /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bennetzen, Jeffrey L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hake, Sarah (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Sciences.

Handbook of Maize Edited by Jeff Bennetzen and Sarah Hake Maize is one of the world’s highest value crops, with a multibillion dollar annual contribution to agriculture. The great adaptability and high yield of maize as a food, feed and forage crop have led to its production on a massive scale, with...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Maize and the Origins of Plant Genetics
• East, Emerson, and the Birth of Maize Genetics
• Barbara McClintock
• The Birth of Maize Molecular Genetics
• Mutagenesis – the Key to Genetic Analysis
• Maize Improvement
• Development of Hybrid Corn and the Seed Corn Industry
• Maize and the Biotech Industry
• Modern Maize Breeding
• The Maize Genome
• Cytogenetics and Chromosomal Structural Diversity
• Maize Genome Structure and Evolution
• Genetic Diversity, Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping
• The Polyploid Origin of Maize
• Maize Centromeres and Knobs (neocentromeres)
• Transposons Ac/Ds, En/Spmand their Relatives in Maize
• Mutator and MULE transposons
• The LTR-Retrotransposons of Maize
• Helitrons: Their Impact on Maize Genome Evolution and Diversity
• Maize GEvo: A Comparative DNA Sequence Alignment Visualization and Research Tool
• Meiotic Genes and Meiosis in Maize
• Homologous Recombination in Maize
• Paramutation: Heritable in TransEffects
• Imprinting in Maize
• Chromatin, DNA Methylation, RNAi and Epigenetic Regulation
• The B Chromosome of Maize
• Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
• Maize Genetic and Genomic Technologies
• Genetic Mapping and Maps
• Genetic Analyses with Oat-Maize Addition and Radiation Hybrid Lines
• Maize Chromosome Tools: Quantitative Changes in Chromatin
• Transposon Resources for Forward and Reverse Genetics in Maize
• TILLING and Point Mutation Detection
• Gene Expression Analysis
• Maize Transformation
• Doubled Haploids
• Databases and Data Mining
• Sequencing Genes and Gene Islands by Gene Enrichment
• Genes and Gene Families
• Maize Transcription Factors
• The Genetics and Biochemistry of Maize Zein Storage Proteins
• The Cytochrome P450 Superfamily of Monooxygenases
• Cell wall Biosynthetic Genes of Maize and their Potential for Bioenergy Production
• Future Prospects
• The Future of Maize.