Plant Evolutionary Cytogenetics
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 27539
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structure and evolution of plant karyotypes; repetitive DNA sequences in plant genomes; genome size evolution; polyploidy: origin and post-polyploidization diploidization; molecular cytogenetics and molecular phylogenetics in plants
Interests: plant molecular cytogenetics; nucleolar dominance; evolution of repetitive DNA, especially 35S and 5S rDNA; nucleolus structure; polyploidy; plant epigenetics
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Dear Colleagues,
Chromosomal diversification is a focal point of plant evolutionary studies. The mechanisms that drive such diversity may result in changes in both the chromosome number and structure. Molecular cytogenetics enables the linkage of molecular data about the DNA sequences with the chromosomal and expression information at the cellular level. Physical mapping of the DNA sequences on chromosomes together with chromosome counting and phylogenetic analyses enable comprehensive evolutionary studies of various plant genera. Recent decades have seen the development of a range of new tools that permit a better insight into the chromosomal and genome evolution in plants. Using high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics tools together with the molecular and cytogenetic approaches enables the patterns of the evolution of repetitive elements as well as chromosome structure and function in various plant genomes to be characterized and inferred.
Therefore, in this Special Issue, articles (original research papers, perspectives, hypotheses, opinions, reviews, modeling approaches and methods) that focus on the chromosome structure, karyotype and genome size evolution and that include the following topics are encouraged:
- Structure and evolution of plant chromosomes;
- Repetitive sequences and genome size evolution;
- Polyploidy and post-polyploidy diploidization;
- Dysploidy and chromosomal rearrangements;
- Comparative chromosome painting and the development of chromosome/genome-specific markers;
- Impact of the arrangement of the chromosome territories in the interphase nucleus on genome evolution;
- Nucleolar dominance;
- Development and characterization of synthetic polyploids, addition lines, etc.
Dr. Boz̀ena Kolano
Dr. Natalia Borowska-Zuchowska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cytogenetics
- plant chromosomes
- karyotype
- karyogram
- plant genome evolution
- polyploidy
- dysploidy
- repetitive sequences
- genome size
- chromosomal markers
- rDNA
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