Recent progress in the generation of a molecular genetic map and markers for rice has
made possible a new phase of mapping individual genes associated with complex traits …

Comparative genetic studies have demonstrated that gene content and orders are highly
conserved, both at the map and megabase level, between different species within the grass …

The domestication of crop plants has often involved an increase in apical dominance (the
concentration of resources in the main stem of the plant and a corresponding suppression of …

Genetic engineering and biotechnology hold great potential for plant breeding as it promises
to expedite the time taken to produce crop varieties with desirable characters. With the use …

The generation of blood cells, haematopoiesis, in the mouse embryo begins with the
development of primitive nucleated erythroid cells in the yolk sac followed by the …

Dehydrin proteins (late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) D11 family) are produced in a wide
variety of plant species in response to environmental stimuli with a dehydrative component …

The Ma3 gene is one of six genes that regulate the photoperiodic sensitivity of flowering in
sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench). The ma3R mutation of this gene causes a …

Abstract Analysis of genes controlling flowering time (heading date) contributes to our
understanding of fundamental principles of plant development and is of practical importance …

The grasses, members of the family Gramineae or Poaceae, are represented by over 10,000
species (Kellogg and Birchler 1993). Three of the domesticated grasses, rice, wheat, and …

A sorghum composite linkage map was constructed with two recombinant inbred line
populations using heterologous probes already mapped on maize and sugarcane. This map …