PLANT POPULATION GENETICS AS A RESEARCH TOOL

Mutagenesis as a Tool in Plant Genetics, Functional Genomics, and Breeding

Plant mutagenesis is rapidly coming of age in the aftermath of recent developments in high-resolution molecular and biochemical techniques. By combining the high variation of mutagenised populations with novel screening methods, traits that are almost impossible to identify by conventional breeding are now being developed and characterised at the molecular level. This paper provides a comprehen...

Arabidopsis thaliana AS A TOOL TO TEACH PLANT GENETICS, THE RELATIONSHIP OF PLANTS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, AND PLANT DEVELOPMENT

Population Genetics of Soilborne Fungal Plant Pathogens The Population Genetics of Phytophthora

There are more than 60 species in the genus Phytophthora (94), and most are destructive plant pathogens. Extensive efforts are directed at the control of Phytophthora diseases each year, yet they still cause serious crop losses. For example, more than $200 million in lost production annually is attributed to Phytophthora diseases in Australia alone (47). Late blight, caused by P. infestans, pro...

Ethicality of Narrative Inquiry as a Tool of Knowledge Production in Research

The sociocultural ways of conceptualizing human learning in general education have given rise to various sensitive and time-consuming tools of knowledge production for both the researcher and the researched. The gravity of the situation is more noticeable in narrative inquiry methodology, which has gathered momentum in both general education and second language teacher education (SLTE) because ...

A review of psychiatric genetics research in the Brazilian population.

OBJECTIVE AND METHOD A large increase in the number of Brazilian studies on psychiatric genetics has been observed in the 1970's since the first publications conducted by a group of researchers in Brazil. Here we reviewed the literature and evaluated the advantages and difficulties of psychiatric genetic studies in the Brazilian population. CONCLUSION The Brazilian population is one of the mo...