Project information
Evolution of base composition in land plants
(GCobsah)
- Project Identification
- GAP506/11/0890
- Project Period
- 1/2011 - 12/2014
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Czech Science Foundation
- Standard Projects
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Science
DNA base composition (GC content) is an important genomic and systematic character describing the proportion of nucleotides in the genome. GC content may vary with various structural and functional properties of genomes as shown namely in bacteria and vertebrates. The knowledge of GC content in plants in plants are still very poor in this respect and estimates of GC content are lacking in numerous groups such as in mosses and ferns. The main goal of this project is to detect differences and major trends in base composition among and within the five major evolutionary lineages of land plants (i.e., mosses, club mosses, ferns s.l., gymnosperms, angiosperms). A special interest is aimed to be paid to the ecological and evolutionary significance of being GC-poor or GC-poor not being tested in plants up to date, and to standardization of GC content measurements in plants.
Publications
Total number of publications: 9
2014
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Ecological and evolutionary significance of genomic GC content diversity in monocots
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, year: 2014, volume: 111, edition: 39, DOI
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Genome size and genomic GC content evolution in the miniature genome-sized family Lentibulariaceae
New Phytologist, year: 2014, volume: 203, edition: 1, DOI
2013
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Evolution of genome size in Carex (Cyperaceae) in relation to chromosome number and genomic base composition
Annals of Botany, year: 2013, volume: 111, edition: 1, DOI
2012
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Genome size and DNA base composition of geophytes: the mirror of phenology and ecology?
Annals of Botany, year: 2012, volume: 109, edition: 1, DOI
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Measurements of genomic GC content in plant genomes with flow cytometry: a test for reliability
New Phytologist, year: 2012, volume: 193, edition: 2, DOI
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The variation of base composition in plant genomes
Plant Genome Diversity, Volume I: Plant Genomes, their Residents, and their Evolutionary Dynamics, edition: Vyd. 1, year: 2012, number of pages: 27 s.
2011
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Genome Size and DNA Base Composition of Geophytes: the Mirror of Phenology and Ecology?
Year: 2011, type: Conference abstract
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Measurements of DNA base composition with flow cytometry and DNA temperature melting
Year: 2011, type: Conference abstract
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The evolution and meaning of DNA base composition in monocots
Year: 2011, type: Conference abstract