Search for dissertations about: "Capsella"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the word Capsella.

2. 1. Cis-regulatory variation and divergence in Capsella

   Author : Kim A. Steige; Tanja Slotte; Jeff J. Doyle; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Capsella; Shepherd s Purse; cis-regulatory changes; allele-specific expression; mating system shift; floral evolution; polyploidy; positive selection; purifying selection; transposable elements; small RNA; methylation; transposable element silencing; distribution of fitness effects;

   Abstract : Cis-regulatory changes in e.g. promoters or enhancers that affect the expression of a linked focal gene have long been thought to be important for adaptation. In this thesis, I investigate the selective importance and genomic correlates of cis-regulatory variation and divergence in the genus Capsella, using massively parallel sequencing data. READ MORE

4. 2. Evolutionary consequences of dominance at the Brassicaceae self-incompatibility locus

   Author : Jörg Alexander Bachmann; Tanja Slotte; Vincent Castric; Ove Eriksson; Pär Ingvarsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Capsella; mating system shift; self-fertilization; self-incompatibility; small RNA; dominance; Arabidopsis; population genetics; genomics; gene expression; ekologi och evolution; Ecology and Evolution;

   Abstract : Self-incompatibility (SI) is a genetic mechanism that allows plants to enforce outcrossing by rejecting self-pollen and pollen from close relatives. In the Brassicaceae, SI is sporophytic and controlled by the self-incompatibility locus (S-locus). READ MORE

5. 3. Demography and Polyploidy in Capsella

   Author : Kate St.Onge; Anna Palmé; Martin Lascoux; Ulf Lagercrantz; Richard Abbott; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Approximate Bayesian Computation; Mating system; Brassicaceae; flowering time; genetic diversity; Evolution; Biology; Biologi;

   Abstract : Studies of demography and population structure give insight into important evolutionary processes such as speciation and diversification. In the present work I perform such studies in the genus Capsella, which has three species: C. grandiflora, an outcrossing diploid, C. rubella a selfing diploid, and C. READ MORE

6. 4. Genomic and phenotypic consequences of allopolyploidization in Capsella

   Author : Tianlin Duan; Martin Lascoux; Adrien Sicard; Sylvain Glémin; Barbara Mable; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Allopolyploidy; Polyploidy; Hybridization; Neopolyploid lines; Gene expression; Self-incompatibility; Capsella bursa-pastoris;

   Abstract : Allopolyploidization, the combination of whole-genome duplication (WGD) and interspecific hybridization, is a frequent and influential event in plant evolution. Allopolyploidization potentially affects both adaptation and diversification, yet the understanding of the consequences of allopolyploidy has been obscured by several issues. READ MORE

7. 5. Population genomic analyses of regulatory variation and selection in Brassicaceae species

   Author : Robert Horvath; Tanja Slotte; Peter Hambäck; Douglas G. Scofield; Matthew Webster; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Capsella grandiflora; Arabidopsis thaliana; Arabidopsis lyrata; natural selection; gene expression variation; DNA and gene body methylation; transposable elements; DNA accessibility; gene expression noise; epigenetic silencing; linked selection; ekologi och evolution; Ecology and Evolution;

   Abstract : The impact of selection on regulatory variation and the contribution of regulatory changes to phenotypic variation has long been debated in evolutionary genetics. Because cis-regulatory elements such as promoters and enhancers can be difficult to identify, it has been more challenging to quantify the impact of selection on variation in cis-regulatory regions than in protein-coding regions. READ MORE