Handbook of maize : genetics and genomics / Jeffrey L. Bennetzen & Sarah Hake

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Springer, c2009.Description: xii, 798 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780387778624 (hbk.)

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633.15233 22 BEN

Contents:

I -- East, Emerson, and the Birth of Maize Genetics / Ed Coe -- Barbara McClintock / Lee B. Kass, Paul Chomet -- The Birth of Maize Molecular Genetics / L. Curtis Hannah, Drew Schwartz -- Mutagenesis -- the Key to Genetic Analysis / M.G. Neuffer, Guri Johal, M.T. Chang, Sarah Hake -- II -- Development of Hybrid Corn and the Seed Corn Industry / A. Forrest Troyer -- Maize and the Biotech Industry / G. Richard Johnson, Zoe P. McCuddin -- Modern Maize Breeding / Elizabeth A. Lee, William F. Tracy -- III -- Cytogenetics and Chromosomal Structural Diversity / James A. Birchler, Hank W. Bass -- Maize Genome Structure and Evolution / Jeffrey L. Bennetzen -- Genetic Diversity, Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping / Antoni Rafalski, Evgueni Ananiev -- III -- The Polyploid Origin of Maize / Joachim Messing -- Maize Centromeres and Knobs (neocentromeres) / R. Kelly Dawe -- Transposons and their Relatives in Maize / Jianbo Zhang, Thomas Peterson, Peter A. Peterson -- and MULE transposons / Damon Lisch, Ning Jiang -- The LTR-Retrotransposons of Maize / Phillip SanMiguel, Clémentine Vitte -- : Their Impact on Maize Genome Evolution and Diversity / Shailesh K. Lal, Nikolaos Georgelis, Curtis L. Hannah -- Maize GEvo: A Comparative DNA Sequence Alignment Visualization and Research Tool / Eric Lyons, Sara Castelletti, Brent Pedersen, Damon Lisch, Michael Freeling -- Meiotic Genes and Meiosis in Maize / W. Zacheus Cande, Inna Golubovskaya, C.J. Rachel Wang, Lisa Harper -- Homologous Recombination in Maize / Hugo K. Dooner, An-Ping Hsia, Patrick S. Schnable -- Paramutation: Heritable Effects / Maike Stam, Marieke Louwers -- III -- Imprinting in Maize / Nathan M. Springer, Jose F. Gutierrez-Marcos -- Chromatin, DNA Methylation, RNAi and Epigenetic Regulation / Shawn Kaeppler -- The B Chromosome of Maize / Wayne Carlson. Mitochondria and Chloroplasts / Kathleen J. Newton, David B. Stern, Susan Gabay-Laughnan -- IV -- Genetic Mapping and Maps / Karen C. Cone, Edward H. Coe -- Genetic Analyses with Oat-Maize Addition and Radiation Hybrid Lines / Ronald L. Phillips, Howard W. Rines -- Maize Chromosome Tools: Quantitative Changes in Chromatin / David Weber -- Transposon Resources for Forward and Reverse Genetics in Maize / Donald R. McCarty, Robert B. Meeley -- TILLING and Point Mutation Detection / Clifford Weil, Rita Monde -- Gene Expression Analysis / David S. Skibbe, Virginia Walbot -- IV -- Maize Transformation / Kan Wang, Bronwyn Frame, Yuji Ishida, Toshihiko Komari -- Doubled Haploids / Hartwig H. Geiger -- Databases and Data Mining / Carolyn J. Lawrence, Doreen Ware -- Sequencing Genes and Gene Islands by Gene Enrichment / Pablo D. Rabinowicz, W. Brad Barbazuk -- V -- Maize Transcription Factors / Erich Grotewold, John Gray -- The Genetics and Biochemistry of Maize Zein Storage Proteins / Rebecca S. Boston, Brian A. Larkins -- The Cytochrome P450 Superfamily of Monooxygenases / Alfons Gierl -- Cell wall Biosynthetic Genes of Maize and their Potential for Bioenergy Production / Wilfred Vermerris -- VI -- The Future of Maize / Jeffrey L. Bennetzen.

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Maize is one of the world's highest value crops, with a multibillion dollar annual contribution to agriculture. In addition, maize has been at the center of the transgenic plant controversy, serving as the first food crop with released transgenic varieties. This book covers the biology of maize.

I --
East, Emerson, and the Birth of Maize Genetics / Ed Coe --
Barbara McClintock / Lee B. Kass, Paul Chomet --
The Birth of Maize Molecular Genetics / L. Curtis Hannah, Drew Schwartz --
Mutagenesis --
the Key to Genetic Analysis / M.G. Neuffer, Guri Johal, M.T. Chang, Sarah Hake --
II --
Development of Hybrid Corn and the Seed Corn Industry / A. Forrest Troyer --
Maize and the Biotech Industry / G. Richard Johnson, Zoe P. McCuddin --
Modern Maize Breeding / Elizabeth A. Lee, William F. Tracy --
III --
Cytogenetics and Chromosomal Structural Diversity / James A. Birchler, Hank W. Bass --
Maize Genome Structure and Evolution / Jeffrey L. Bennetzen --
Genetic Diversity, Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping / Antoni Rafalski, Evgueni Ananiev --
III --
The Polyploid Origin of Maize / Joachim Messing --
Maize Centromeres and Knobs (neocentromeres) / R. Kelly Dawe --
Transposons and their Relatives in Maize / Jianbo Zhang, Thomas Peterson, Peter A. Peterson --
and MULE transposons / Damon Lisch, Ning Jiang --
The LTR-Retrotransposons of Maize / Phillip SanMiguel, Clémentine Vitte --
: Their Impact on Maize Genome Evolution and Diversity / Shailesh K. Lal, Nikolaos Georgelis, Curtis L. Hannah --
Maize GEvo: A Comparative DNA Sequence Alignment Visualization and Research Tool / Eric Lyons, Sara Castelletti, Brent Pedersen, Damon Lisch, Michael Freeling --
Meiotic Genes and Meiosis in Maize / W. Zacheus Cande, Inna Golubovskaya, C.J. Rachel Wang, Lisa Harper --
Homologous Recombination in Maize / Hugo K. Dooner, An-Ping Hsia, Patrick S. Schnable --
Paramutation: Heritable Effects / Maike Stam, Marieke Louwers --
III --
Imprinting in Maize / Nathan M. Springer, Jose F. Gutierrez-Marcos --
Chromatin, DNA Methylation, RNAi and Epigenetic Regulation / Shawn Kaeppler --
The B Chromosome of Maize / Wayne Carlson. Mitochondria and Chloroplasts / Kathleen J. Newton, David B. Stern, Susan Gabay-Laughnan --
IV --
Genetic Mapping and Maps / Karen C. Cone, Edward H. Coe --
Genetic Analyses with Oat-Maize Addition and Radiation Hybrid Lines / Ronald L. Phillips, Howard W. Rines --
Maize Chromosome Tools: Quantitative Changes in Chromatin / David Weber --
Transposon Resources for Forward and Reverse Genetics in Maize / Donald R. McCarty, Robert B. Meeley --
TILLING and Point Mutation Detection / Clifford Weil, Rita Monde --
Gene Expression Analysis / David S. Skibbe, Virginia Walbot --
IV --
Maize Transformation / Kan Wang, Bronwyn Frame, Yuji Ishida, Toshihiko Komari --
Doubled Haploids / Hartwig H. Geiger --
Databases and Data Mining / Carolyn J. Lawrence, Doreen Ware --
Sequencing Genes and Gene Islands by Gene Enrichment / Pablo D. Rabinowicz, W. Brad Barbazuk --
V --
Maize Transcription Factors / Erich Grotewold, John Gray --
The Genetics and Biochemistry of Maize Zein Storage Proteins / Rebecca S. Boston, Brian A. Larkins --
The Cytochrome P450 Superfamily of Monooxygenases / Alfons Gierl --
Cell wall Biosynthetic Genes of Maize and their Potential for Bioenergy Production / Wilfred Vermerris --
VI --
The Future of Maize / Jeffrey L. Bennetzen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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