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Improving plant-resistance to insect-pests and pathogens: The new opportunities through targeted genome editingD. S. Bisht, V. Bhatia and R. Bhattacharya, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 96:65-76. 2019.![]() The advantages of high input agriculture are fading away due to degenerating soil health and adverse effects of climate change. Safeguarding crop yields in the changing environment and dynamics of pest and pathogens, has posed new challenges to global agriculture. Thus, ... Keywords: b chromosomes, breeding system, drive, gene drive natural, Mating system, plants, populations, selfish DNA, transmission |
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Transmission and drive involving parasitic B chromosomesJones, RN, Genes, 9:e388. 2018.![]() B chromosomes (Bs) are enigmatic additional elements in the genomes of thousands of species of plants, animals, and fungi. How do these non-essential, harmful, and parasitic chromosomes maintain their presence in their hosts, making demands on all the essential functions of their ... Keywords: b chromosomes, breeding system, drive, gene drive natural, Mating system, plants, populations, selfish DNA, transmission |
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Cheating evolution: engineering gene drives to manipulate the fate of wild populationsChamper, JB, A.; Akbari, O. S., Nature Reviews Genetics, 17:146-159. 2016.![]() Engineered gene drives - the process of stimulating the biased inheritance of specific genes - have the potential to enable the spread of desirable genes throughout wild populations or to suppress harmful species, and may be particularly useful for the control of vector-borne ... Keywords: b chromosomes, breeding system, drive, gene drive natural, Mating system, plants, populations, selfish DNA, transmission |
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The distribution of B chromosomes across speciesPalestis, BGT, R.; Burt, A.; Jones, R. N., Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 106:151-158. 2004.![]() In this review we look at the broad picture of how B chromosomes are distributed across a wide range of species. We review recent studies of the factors associated with the presence of Bs across species, and provide new analyses with updated data and additional variables. The ... Keywords: b chromosomes, breeding system, drive, gene drive natural, Mating system, plants, populations, selfish DNA, transmission |
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Selfish DNA and breeding system in flowering plantsBurt, AT, R., Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 265:141-146. 1998.![]() In many species, some individuals carry one or more B chromosomes: extra, or supernumerary chromosomes not part of the normal complement. In most well-studied cases, B's lower the fitness of their carrier and persist in populations only because of accumulation mechanisms ... Keywords: b chromosomes, breeding system, drive, gene drive natural, Mating system, plants, populations, selfish DNA, transmission |

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