Plant leaves, simple or compound, initiate as peg-like structures from the peripheral zone of the shoot apical meristem, which requires class I KNOTTED-LIKE HOMEOBOXI (KNOXI) transcription factors to maintain its activity. The MYB domain protein encoded by the ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1/ROUGH SHEATH2/PHANTASTICA (ARP) gene, together with other factors, excludes KNOXI gene expression from incipient leaf...

MOTIVATION There is an imperative need to integrate functional genomics data to obtain a more comprehensive systems-biology view of the results. We believe that this is best achieved through the visualization of data within the biological context of metabolic pathways. Accordingly, metabolic pathway reconstruction was used to predict the metabolic composition for Medicago truncatula and these p...

several attributes that make it attractive as a model species. It has a short seed-to-seed generation time and abundant seed set. Extensive collections of M. truncatula ecotypes — natural geographic variants — exist, and mutant collections are readily produced by physical (fast neutron) and transposonmediated mutagenesis. M. truncatula is also host to Sinorhizobium meliloti, a rhizobium species...

Medicago truncatula is an important model plant for characterization of P deficiency on leguminous plants at the physiological and molecular levels. Growth optimization of this plant with regard to P supply is the first essential step for elucidation of the role of P in regulation of nodulation. Hence, a study was carried out to address the growth pattern of M. truncatula hydroponically grown a...

The liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, is becoming increasingly common in cattle and sheep in the UK. The suitability of different methods for detection of liver fluke infection depends on the type of animal, the purpose of the investigation (individual or herd level) and the stage of the liver fluke life-cycle. Treatment options are also influenced by the type of animal (beef, dairy, sheep) and t...

expressed sequence tags simple sequence repeats (est-ssrs) are important sources for investigation ofgenetic diversity and molecular marker development. similar to genomic ssrs, the est-ssrs are usefulmarkers for many applications in genetics and plant breeding such as genetic diversity analysis, molecularmapping and cross-transferability across related species and genera. in spite of low polym...