Using Arabidopsis-Related Model Species (ARMS): Growth, Genetic Transformation, and Comparative Genomics

Author(s):  
Giorgia Batelli ◽  
Dong-Ha Oh ◽  
Matilde Paino D’Urzo ◽  
Francesco Orsini ◽  
Maheshi Dassanayake ◽  
...  
Nematology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Urwin ◽  
Catherine Lilley ◽  
Joana Costa

AbstractMany studies on aspects of the biology of plant-parasitic nematodes can be facilitated by using the information and resources available for the model species Caenorhabditis elegans. Comparative genomics of shared processes can provide insights into plant-parasitic nematode biology that would otherwise be intractable. In this article we consider some of the resources available for C. elegans. We describe the practical utility of C. elegans and the use of available information to facilitate the characterisation of neurobiological processes in plant-parasitic nematodes.


Reproduction ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 158 (6) ◽  
pp. F127-F137
Author(s):  
Marilyn B Renfree

Australia is home to a unique assembly of mammals – the marsupials and monotremes. Despite this uniqueness, they have been largely ignored by the biomedical scientific community, and yet study of marsupials has contributed to modern research on reproduction, development, evolution, conservation, molecular and comparative genomics. My lifetime passion for these long-neglected Australian fauna has led to unexpected discoveries and insights that challenged assumptions and opened up new areas of international research. I used a range of disciplinary expertise to pursue the study of these unique mammals. My main experimental species has been the tammar wallaby that I have used as a model species to investigate and understand not only biomedical problems but also to provide knowledge that is critical for the continued conservation and management of Australia’s dwindling native mammals. This model provided more than a few surprises for me and my wonderful team of students, post-docs and collaborators about how hormones, genes and signalling molecules control reproductive biology and development in a wider context as well as how the interactions of the environment with mother and conceptus, with mother and fetus and mother and young ultimately control most aspects of successful reproduction in mammals.


1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seok So Chang ◽  
Soon Ki Park ◽  
Byung Chul Kim ◽  
Bong Joong Kang ◽  
Dal Ung Kim ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-419
Author(s):  
Patricia Dupré ◽  
Jerôme Lacoux ◽  
Godfrey Neutelings ◽  
Dominique Mattar-Laurain ◽  
Marc-André Fliniaux ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaomei Li ◽  
Liu Liu ◽  
Xiangyu Liu ◽  
Yan Hou ◽  
Bingyin Xu ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Pawan Kumar Jayaswal ◽  
Asheesh Shanker ◽  
Nagendra Kumar Singh

Actin and tubulin are cytoskeleton proteins, which are important components of the celland are conserved across species. Despite their crucial significance in cell motility and cell division the distribution and phylogeny of actin and tubulin genes across taxa is poorly understood. Here we used publicly available genomic data of 49 model species of plants, animals, fungi and Protista for further understanding the distribution of these genes among diverse eukaryotic species using rice as reference. The highest numbers of rice actin and tubulin gene homologs were present in plants followed by animals, fungi and Protista species, whereas ten actin and nine tubulin genes were conserved in all 49 species. Phylogenetic analysis of 19 actin and 18 tubulin genes clustered them into four major groups each. One each of the actin and tubulin gene clusters was conserved across eukaryotic species. Species trees based on the conserved actin and tubulin genes showed evolutionary relationship of 49 different taxa clustered into plants, animals, fungi and Protista. This study provides a phylogenetic insight into the evolution of actin and tubulin genes in diverse eukaryotic species.


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