Date of Award
8-2013
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Plants, Soils, and Climate
Committee Chair(s)
John G. Carman
Committee
John G. Carman
Committee
Paul Johnson
Committee
John Stevens
Abstract
Apomixis is a complex trait of great interest to the agricultural community, as it has the potential to fix hybrid vigor in many agriculturally significant crops. Although apomixis has been studied extensively morphologically, the genetic and epigenetic factors responsible for apomixis are still very poorly understood. As no apomictic species has been sequenced and annotated, various low-cost tools and techniques are being utilized to begin profiling the trait. These include cross-species microarrays using probe masking, which deletes information from array probes that do not hybridize to the genomic DNA of the cross species. Despite their limitations, these tools are providing a strong informatics foundation for which future, more robust profiling procedures can be conducted.
Recommended Citation
Cardwell, Jonathan Harris, "A Review of Apomixis and Differential Expression Analyses Using Microarrays" (2013). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 289.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/289
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