Publications: Prof Andrew Leitch

Wang W, Zhang X, Garcia S, Leitch AR, Kovařík A ( 2023 ) . Correction: Intragenomic rDNA variation—the product of concerted evolution, mutation, or something in between? (Heredity, (2023), 131, 3, (179-188), 10.1038/s41437-023-00634-5) . Heredity vol. 131 , ( 3 ) 238 - 239 .

Wolfe TM, Balao F, Trucchi E, Bachmann G, Gu W, Baar J, Hedrén M, Weckwerth W et al. ( 2023 ) . Recurrent allopolyploidizations diversify ecophysiological traits in marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis s.l.) . Molecular Ecology vol. 32 , ( 17 ) 4777 - 4790 .

Wang W, Zhang X, Garcia S, Leitch AR, Kovařík A ( 2023 ) . Intragenomic rDNA variation - the product of concerted evolution, mutation, or something in between? . Heredity vol. 131 , ( 3 ) 179 - 188 .

Ruhsam M, Kohn D, Marquardt J, Leitch AR, Schneider H, Vogel J, Barrett SCH, Hulme PE et al. ( 2023 ) . Is hybridisation with non‐native congeneric species a threat to the UK native bluebell Hyacinthoides non‐scripta? . Plants People Planet vol. 5 , ( 6 ) 963 - 975 .

Leitch AR, Ma L, Dodsworth S, Fuchs J, Houben A, Leitch IJ ( 2023 ) . The Role of Chromatin Modifications in the Evolution of Giant Plant Genomes . Plants vol. 12 , ( 11 )

Brown MR, Hollingsworth PM, Forrest LL, Hart ML, Leitch IJ, Jones L, Ford C, de Vere N et al. ( 2023 ) . Genetic factors predict hybrid formation in the British flora . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 120 , ( 16 )

Fernández P, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR, Hidalgo O, Christenhusz MJM, Pokorny L, Pellicer J ( 2023 ) . Giant Fern Genomes Show Complex Evolution Patterns: A Comparative Analysis in Two Species of Tmesipteris (Psilotaceae) . International Journal of Molecular Sciences vol. 24 , ( 3 )

Henniges MC, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ ( 2023 ) . “BIFloraExplorer”: A Taxonomic, Genetic, and Ecological Data Resource for the Vascular Plants of Britain and Ireland . Plant Genomic and Cytogenetic Databases vol. 2703 , 83 - 90 .

Marquardt J, Blanckaert A, Nichols RA, Ansell SW, Ruhsam M, Hollingsworth PM, Metzler D, Schneider H et al. ( 2022 ) . Cyto-nuclear incompatibilities across a bluebell hybrid zone in northern Spain do not prevent genome-wide introgression of neutral markers . Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 1 , ( 1 )

Peng Y, Yang J, Leitch IJ, Guignard MS, Seabloom EW, Cao D, Zhao F, Li H et al. ( 2022 ) . Plant genome size modulates grassland community responses to multi-nutrient additions . New Phytologist

Leitch AR, Leitch IJ ( 2022 ) . Genome evolution: On the nature of trade-offs with polyploidy and endopolyploidy . Current Biology vol. 32 , ( 18 ) R952 - R954 .

Vozárová R, Wang W, Lunerová J, Shao F, Pellicer J, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR, Kovařík A ( 2022 ) . Mega-sized pericentromeric blocks of simple telomeric repeats and their variants reveal patterns of chromosome evolution in ancient Cycadales genomes . The Plant Journal

Schley RJ, Pellicer J, Ge X, Barrett C, Bellot S, Guignard MS, Novák P, Suda J et al. ( 2022 ) . The ecology of palm genomes: repeat‐associated genome size expansion is constrained by aridity . New Phytologist vol. 236 , ( 2 ) 433 - 446 .

Fernández P, Hidalgo O, Juan A, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR, Palazzesi L, Pegoraro L, Viruel J et al. ( 2022 ) . Genome Insights into Autopolyploid Evolution: A Case Study in Senecio doronicum (Asteraceae) from the Southern Alps . Plants vol. 11 , ( 9 )

Chase MW, Samuel R, Leitch AR, Guignard MS, Conran JG, Nollet F, Fletcher P, Jakob A et al. ( 2022 ) . Down, then up: non-parallel genome size changes and a descending chromosome series in a recent radiation of the Australian allotetraploid plant species, Nicotiana section Suaveolentes (Solanaceae) . Annals of Botany vol. 131 , ( 1 ) 123 - 142 .

Henniges MC, Powell RF, Mian S, Stace CA, Walker KJ, Gornall RJ, Christenhusz MJM, Brown MR et al. ( 2022 ) . A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland . Scientific Data vol. 9 , ( 1 )

Bersweden L, Viruel J, Schatz B, Harland J, Gargiulo R, Cowan RS, Calevo J, Juan A et al. ( 2021 ) . Microsatellites and petal morphology reveal new patterns of admixture in Orchis hybrid zones . American Journal of Botany vol. 108 , ( 8 ) 1388 - 1404 .

Pegoraro L, Baker EC, Aeschimann D, Balant M, Douzet R, Garnatje T, Guignard MS, Leitch IJ et al. ( 2021 ) . Erratum: The correlation of phylogenetics, elevation and ploidy on the incidence of apomixis in Asteraceae in the European Alps (Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (2020) 194:4 (410-422) DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boaa058) . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 196 , ( 1 )

Wan T, Liu Z, Leitch IJ, Xin H, Maggs-Kölling G, Gong Y, Li Z, Marais E et al. ( 2021 ) . The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts . Nature Communications vol. 12 , ( 1 )

Faizullah L, Morton JA, Hersch-Green EI, Walczyk AM, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ ( 2021 ) . Exploring environmental selection on genome size in angiosperms . Trends in Plant Science

Wang X, Morton J, Pellicer J, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR ( 2021 ) . Genome downsizing after polyploidy: mechanisms, rates and selection pressures . Plant J

Leonida SRL, Bennett NC, Leitch AR, Faulkes CG ( 2020 ) . Patterns of telomere length with age in African mole-rats: New insights from quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridisation (qFISH) . PeerJ vol. 8 ,

Novak P, GUIGNARD M, Neumann P, Kelly LJ, Milinarec J, Koblizkova A, Kovarik A, Pellicer J et al. ( 2020 ) . Repeat sequence turnover shifts fundamentally in species with large genomes . Nature Plants

Giraud D, Lima O, Huteau V, Coriton O, Boutte J, Kovarik A, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ et al. ( 2020 ) . Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements and satellite DNAs in polyploid Spartina species . Plant Science110671 - 110671 .

Pegoraro L, Baker EC, Aeschimann D, Balant M, Douzet R, Garnatje T, Guignard MS, Leitch IJ et al. ( 2020 ) . The correlation of phylogenetics, elevation and ploidy on the incidence of apomixis in Asteraceae in the European Alps . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Dodsworth S, Christenhusz MJM, Conran JG, Guignard MS, Knapp S, Struebig M, Leitch AR, Chase MW ( 2020 ) . Extensive plastid-nuclear discordance in a recent radiation of Nicotiana section Suaveolentes (Solanaceae) . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 193 , ( 4 ) 546 - 559 .

Dodsworth S, Kovarik A, Grandbastien M-A, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR ( 2020 ) . Repetitive DNA Dynamics and Polyploidization in the Genus Nicotiana (Solanaceae) . The Tobacco Plant Genome , Springer Nature

Dodsworth S, Guignard MS, Pérez-Escobar OA, Struebig M, Chase MW, Leitch AR ( 2020 ) . Repetitive DNA restructuring across multiple Nicotiana allopolyploidisation events shows a lack of strong cytoplasmic bias in influencing repeat turnover . Genes vol. 11 , ( 2 )

Leebens-Mack JH, Barker MS, Carpenter EJ, Deyholos MK, Gitzendanner MA, Graham SW, Grosse I, Li Z et al. ( 2019 ) . One thousand plant transcriptomes and the phylogenomics of green plants . Nature vol. 574 , ( 7780 ) 679 - 685 .

McCarthy EW, Landis JB, Kurti A, Lawhorn AJ, Chase MW, Knapp S, Le Comber SC, Leitch AR et al. ( 2019 ) . Early consequences of allopolyploidy alter floral evolution in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) . BMC Plant Biol vol. 19 , ( 1 ) 162 - 162 .

Hernández-Ibarra NK, Morelos RM, Ramírez JL, Cruz P, Leitch AR, Ibarra AM ( 2019 ) . Chromosomal and molecular characterization of 5S rRNA genes in the North American abalones Haliotis rufescens Swainson (red abalone) and H. fulgens Philippi (blue abalone) . Gene vol. 695 , 65 - 74 .

LEITCH AR, DODSWORTH S, GUIGNARD MS, knapp S, Christianhusz MJM, Cowan RS, Maurin O, Struebig M et al. ( 2018 ) . Potential of herbariomics for studying repetitive DNA in angiosperms . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution vol. 6 , ( 174 ) Article 174 ,

Mhiri C, Parisod C, Daniel J, Petit M, Lim KY, de Borne FD, Kovarik A, Leitch AR et al. ( 2018 ) . Parental transposable element loads influence their dynamics in young Nicotiana hybrids and allotetraploids . New Phytologist vol. 221 , ( 3 ) 1619 - 1633 .

Wang W, Wan T, Becher H, Kuderova A, Leitch IJ, Garcia S, Leitch AR, Kovařík A ( 2018 ) . Remarkable variation of ribosomal DNA organization and copy number in gnetophytes, a distinct lineage of gymnosperms . Annals of Botany vol. 123 , ( 5 ) 767 - 781 .

Lee Y-I, Yap JW, Izan S, Leitch IJ, Fay MF, Lee Y-C, Hidalgo O, Dodsworth S et al. ( 2018 ) . Satellite DNA in Paphiopedilum subgenus Parvisepalum as revealed by high-throughput sequencing and fluorescent in situ hybridization . BMC Genomics vol. 19 , ( 1 )

Marques A, Moraes L, Aparecida Dos Santos M, Costa I, Costa L, Nunes T, Melo N, Simon MF et al. ( 2018 ) . Origin and parental genome characterization of the allotetraploid Stylosanthes scabra Vogel (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae), an important legume pasture crop . Ann Bot

Bateman RM, Guy JJ, Rudall PJ, Leitch IJ, Pellicer J, Leitch AR ( 2018 ) . Evolutionary and functional potential of ploidy increase within individual plants: somatic ploidy mapping of the complex labellum of sexually deceptive bee orchids . Annals of Botany vol. 122 , ( 1 ) 133 - 150 .

LEITCH AR ( 2018 ) . Multiple Origins and Nested Cycles of Hybridization Result in High Tetraploid Diversity in the Monocot Prospero . Frontiers in Plant Science vol. 9 , Article 433 ,

LEITCH AR, 40 other authors ( 2018 ) . A genome for gnetophytes and early evolution of seed plants . Nature Plants

Dodsworth S, Jang T-S, Struebig M, Chase MW, Weiss-Schneeweiss H, Leitch AR ( 2017 ) . Genome-wide repeat dynamics reflect phylogenetic distance in closely related allotetraploid Nicotiana (Solanaceae) . Plant systematics and evolution = Entwicklungsgeschichte und Systematik der Pflanzen vol. 303 , ( 8 ) 1013 - 1020 .

Lunerová J, Renny-Byfield S, Matyášek R, Leitch A, Kovařík A ( 2017 ) . Concerted evolution rapidly eliminates sequence variation in rDNA coding regions but not in intergenic spacers in Nicotiana tabacum allotetraploid . Plant Systematics and Evolution vol. 303 , ( 8 ) 1043 - 1060 .

Leitch AR, Trimmer M, Guignard M, Eizaguirre C, Woodward G, Acquisti C, elser JJ, hessen D et al. ( 2017 ) . Impacts of Nitrogen and Phosphorus: From Genomes to Natural Ecosystems and Agriculture . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution vol. 5 , ( 70 ) 1 - 9 .

Baracchi D, Marples A, Jenkins AJ, Leitch AR, Chittka L ( 2017 ) . Nicotine in floral nectar pharmacologically influences bumblebee learning of floral features . Sci Rep vol. 7 , ( 1 ) 1951 - 1951 .

Hidalgo O, Pellicer J, Christenhusz M, Schneider H, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ ( 2017 ) . Is There an Upper Limit to Genome Size? . Trends in Plant Science vol. 22 , ( 7 ) 567 - 573 .

Garcia S, Kovařík A, Leitch AR, Garnatje T ( 2017 ) . Cytogenetic features of rRNA genes across land plants: analysis of the Plant rDNA database . The Plant Journal vol. 89 , ( 5 ) 1020 - 1030 .

Dodsworth S, Jang TS, Struebig M, Chase MW, Weiss-Schneeweiss H, Leitch AR ( 2016 ) . Genome-wide repeat dynamics reflect phylogenetic distance in closely related allotetraploid Nicotiana (Solanaceae) . Plant Systematics and Evolution1 - 8 .

McCarthy EW, Chase MW, Knapp S, Litt A, Leitch AR, Le Comber SC ( 2016 ) . Transgressive phenotypes and generalist pollination in the floral evolution of Nicotiana polyploids . Nature Plants vol. 2 , Article 16119 , 1 - 9 .

Huska D, Leitch IJ, de Carvalho JF, Leitch AR, Salmon A, Ainouche M, Kovarik A ( 2016 ) . Persistence, dispersal and genetic evolution of recently formed Spartina homoploid hybrids and allopolyploids in Southern England . Biological Invasions vol. 18 , ( 8 ) 2137 - 2151 .

Guignard MS, Nichols RA, Knell RJ, Macdonald A, Romila C-A, Trimmer M, Leitch IJ, LEITCH AR ( 2016 ) . Genome size and ploidy influence angiosperm species’ biomass under nitrogen and phosphorus limitation . New Phytologist

Wang W, Ma L, Becher H, Garcia S, Kovarikova A, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR, Kovarik A ( 2015 ) . Astonishing 35S rDNA diversity in the gymnosperm species Cycas revoluta Thunb . Chromosoma vol. 125 , ( 4 ) 683 - 699 .

Dodsworth S, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ ( 2015 ) . Genome size diversity in angiosperms and its influence on gene space . Current Opinion in Genetics & Development vol. 35 , 73 - 78 .

Dodsworth S, Chase MW, Leitch AR ( 2015 ) . Diploidization in Polyploid Angiosperms . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 180 , ( 1 ) 1 - 5 .

Ma L, Hatlen A, Kelly LJ, Becher H, Wang W, Kovarik A, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR ( 2015 ) . Angiosperms Are Unique among Land Plant Lineages in the Occurrence of Key Genes in the RNA-Directed DNA Methylation (RdDM) Pathway . Genome Biology and Evolution vol. 7 , ( 9 ) 2648 - 2662 .

Matthews A, Emelianova K, Hatimy AA, Chester M, Pellicer J, Ahmad KS, Guignard MS, Rouhan G et al. ( 2015 ) . 250 years of hybridization between two biennial herb species without speciation . AoB Plants vol. 7 ,

Dodsworth S, Chase MW, Särkinen T, Knapp S, Leitch AR ( 2015 ) . Using genomic repeats for phylogenomics: a case study in wild tomatoes (Solanum section Lycopersicon: Solanaceae) . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 117 , ( 1 ) 96 - 105 .

Kelly LJ, Renny‐Byfield S, Pellicer J, Macas J, Novák P, Neumann P, Lysak MA, Day PD et al. ( 2015 ) . Analysis of the giant genomes of Fritillaria (Liliaceae) indicates that a lack of DNA removal characterizes extreme expansions in genome size . New Phytologist vol. 208 , ( 2 ) 596 - 607 .

McCarthy EW, Arnold SEJ, Chittka L, Le Comber SC, Verity R, Dodsworth S, Knapp S, Kelly LJ et al. ( 2015 ) . The effect of polyploidy and hybridization on the evolution of floral colour in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) . Annals of Botany vol. 115 , ( 7 ) 1117 - 1131 .

Peška V, Fajkus P, Fojtová M, Dvořáčková M, Hapala J, Dvořáček V, Polanská P, Leitch AR et al. ( 2015 ) . Characterisation of an unusual telomere motif (TTTTTTAGGG)n in the plant Cestrum elegans (Solanaceae), a species with a large genome . The Plant Journal vol. 82 , ( 4 ) 644 - 654 .

Lunerova J, Matyasek R, Fulnecek J, Leitch A, Kovarik A ( 2015 ) . Gene conversion of rDNA units in tobacco allopolyploid genome is gradual and locus dependent . CHROMOSOME RESEARCH . vol. 23 , 396 - 397 .

Dodsworth S, Chase MW, Kelly LJ, Leitch IJ, Macas J, Novák P, Piednoël M, Weiss-Schneeweiss H et al. ( 2015 ) . Genomic repeat abundances contain phylogenetic signal . Syst Biol vol. 64 , ( 1 ) 112 - 126 .

Dobešová E, Malinská H, Matyášek R, Leitch AR, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Kovařík A ( 2014 ) . Silenced rRNA genes are activated and substitute for partially eliminated active homeologs in the recently formed allotetraploid, Tragopogon mirus (Asteraceae) . Heredity vol. 114 , ( 3 ) 356 - 365 .

Becher H, Ma L, Kelly LJ, Kovarik A, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR ( 2014 ) . Endogenous pararetrovirus sequences associated with 24 nt small RNAs at the centromeres of Fritillaria imperialis L. (Liliaceae), a species with a giant genome . Plant J vol. 80 , ( 5 ) 823 - 833 .

Day PD, Berger M, Hill L, Fay MF, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ, Kelly LJ ( 2014 ) . Evolutionary relationships in the medicinally important genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) . Mol Phylogenet Evol vol. 80 , 11 - 19 .

Leitch AR, Leitch IJ, Trimmer M, Guignard MS, Woodward G ( 2014 ) . Impact of genomic diversity in river ecosystems . Trends Plant Sci vol. 19 , ( 6 ) 361 - 366 .

Clare EL, Schiestl FP, Leitch AR, Chittka L ( 2013 ) . The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactions . Genome Biol vol. 14 , ( 6 )

Clare EL, Schiestl FP, Leitch AR, Chittka L ( 2013 ) . The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactions . Genome Biology

Renny-Byfield S, Kovarik A, Kelly LJ, MacAs J, Novak P, Chase MW, Nichols RA, Pancholi MR et al. ( 2013 ) . Diploidization and genome size change in allopolyploids is associated with differential dynamics of low- and high-copy sequences . Plant Journal vol. 74 , ( 5 ) 829 - 839 .

Renny-Byfield S, Kovarik A, Kelly LJ, Macas J, Novak P, Chase MW, Nichols RA, Pancholi MR et al. ( 2013 ) . Diploidization and genome size change in allopolyploids is associated with differential dynamics of low- and high-copy sequences . Plant J vol. 74 , ( 5 ) 829 - 839 .

Jang T-S, Emadzade K, Parker J, Temsch EM, Leitch AR, Speta F, Weiss-Schneeweiss H ( 2013 ) . Chromosomal diversification and karyotype evolution of diploids in the cytologically diverse genus <i>Prospero</i> (Hyacinthaceae) . BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY vol. 13 , Article ARTN 136 ,

Kelly LJ, Leitch AR, Clarkson JJ, Knapp S, Chase MW ( 2013 ) . Reconstructing the complex evolutionary origin of wild allopolyploid tobaccos (Nicotiana section suaveolentes) . Evolution vol. 67 , ( 1 ) 80 - 94 .

Kovarik A, Renny-Byfield S, Grandbastien M-A, Leitch A ( 2012 ) . Evolutionary Implications of Genome and Karyotype Restructuring in Nicotiana tabacum L . Polyploidy and Genome Evolution , Springer Nature

Kovarik A, Renny-Byfield S, Grandbastien MA, Leitch AR ( 2012 ) . Evolutionary implications of genome and karyotype restructuring in Nicotiana tabacum L . Polyploidy and Genome Evolution , Editors: Soltis, PS, Soltis, DE , Springer Verlag

Leitch IJ, LEITCH AR ( 2012 ) . Genome size diversity and evolution in land plants . Plant Genome Diversity Volume 2: Physical Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Plant Genomes , Editors: Greilhuber, J, Dolezel, J, Wendel, JF ,

Leitch AR, Leitch IJ ( 2012 ) . Ecological and genetic factors linked to contrasting genome dynamics in seed plants . New Phytol vol. 194 , ( 3 ) 629 - 646 .

Buggs RJA, Renny-Byfield S, Chester M, Jordon-Thaden IE, Viccini LF, Chamala S, Leitch AR, Schnable PS et al. ( 2012 ) . Next-generation sequencing and genome evolution in allopolyploids . Am J Bot vol. 99 , ( 2 ) 372 - 382 .

BUGGS RJA, RENNY-BYFIELD S, CHESTER M, JORDON-THADEN IE, VICCINI LF, CHAMALA S, LEITCH AR, SCHNABLE PS et al. ( 2012 ) . Next-generation sequencing and genome evolution in allopolyploids . American Journal of Botany vol. 99 , ( 2 ) 372 - 382 .

Kovarik A, Lim K-Y, Souckova-Skalicka K, Matyasek R, Leitch AR ( 2012 ) . A plant culture (BY-2) widely used in molecular and cell studies is genetically unstable and highly heterogeneous . BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY vol. 170 , ( 3 ) 459 - 471 .

Bozek M, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ, Zaveska Drabkova L, Kuta E ( 2012 ) . Chromosome and genome size variation in Luzula (Juncaceae), a genus with holocentric chromosomes . BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY vol. 170 , ( 4 ) 529 - 541 .

Moraes AP, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR ( 2012 ) . Chromosome studies in Orchidaceae: karyotype divergence in Neotropical genera in subtribe Maxillariinae . BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY vol. 170 , ( 1 ) 29 - 39 .

Parisod C, Mhiri C, Lim KY, Clarkson JJ, Chase MW, Leitch AR, Grandbastien M-A ( 2012 ) . Differential Dynamics of Transposable Elements during Long-Term Diploidization of <i>Nicotiana</i> Section <i>Repandae</i> (Solanaceae) Allopolyploid Genomes . PLOS ONE vol. 7 , ( 11 ) Article ARTN e50352 ,

Chester M, Gallagher JP, Symonds VV, Cruz da Silva AV, Mavrodiev EV, Leitch AR, Soltis PS, Soltis DE ( 2012 ) . Extensive chromosomal variation in a recently formed natural allopolyploid species, <i>Tragopogon miscellus</i> (Asteraceae) . PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA vol. 109 , ( 4 ) 1176 - 1181 .

Renny-Byfield S, Kovařík A, Chester M, Nichols RA, Macas J, Novák P, Leitch AR ( 2012 ) . Independent, rapid and targeted loss of highly repetitive DNA in natural and synthetic allopolyploids of Nicotiana tabacum . PLoS One vol. 7 , ( 5 )

Matyasek R, Renny-Byfield S, Fulnecek J, Macas J, Grandbastien M-A, Nichols R, Leitch A, Kovarik A ( 2012 ) . Next generation sequencing analysis reveals a relationship between rDNA unit diversity and locus number in <i>Nicotiana</i> diploids . BMC GENOMICS vol. 13 , Article ARTN 722 ,

Kelly LJ, Leitch AR, Fay MF, Renny-Byfield S, Pellicer J, Macas J, Leitch IJ ( 2012 ) . Why size really matters when sequencing plant genomes . PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY vol. 5 , ( 4 ) 415 - 425 .

Matyasek R, Fulnecek J, Leitch AR, Kovarik A ( 2011 ) . Analysis of two abundant, highly related satellites in the allotetraploid Nicotiana arentsii using double-strand conformation polymorphism analysis and sequencing . New Phytol vol. 192 , ( 3 ) 747 - 759 .

Renny-Byfield S, Chester M, Kovařík A, Le Comber SC, Grandbastien M-A, Deloger M, Nichols RA, Macas J et al. ( 2011 ) . Next generation sequencing reveals genome downsizing in allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum, predominantly through the elimination of paternally derived repetitive DNAs . Mol Biol Evol vol. 28 , ( 10 ) 2843 - 2854 .

Malinska H, Tate JA, Mavrodiev E, Matyasek R, Lim KY, Leitch AR, Soltis DE, Soltis PS et al. ( 2011 ) . Ribosomal RNA genes evolution in Tragopogon: A story of New and Old World allotetraploids and the synthetic lines . TAXON vol. 60 , ( 2 ) 348 - 354 .

Malinska H, Tate JA, Matyasek R, Leitch AR, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Kovarik A ( 2010 ) . Similar patterns of rDNA evolution in synthetic and recently formed natural populations of Tragopogon (Asteraceae) allotetraploids . BMC EVOL BIOL vol. 10 , Article 291 ,

Leiten A, Robert M ( 2010 ) . AGAVE biofuel of the future? . Planet Earth ( AUTUMN ) 14 - 15 .

Chester M, Leitch AR, Soltis PS, Soltis DE ( 2010 ) . Review of the Application of Modern Cytogenetic Methods (FISH/GISH) to the Study of Reticulation (Polyploidy/Hybridisation) . Genes (Basel) vol. 1 , ( 2 ) 166 - 192 .

Chester M, Sykorova E, Fajkus J, Leitch AR ( 2010 ) . Single integration and spread of a Copia-like sequence nested in rDNA intergenic spacers of Allium cernuum (Alliaceae) . Cytogenet Genome Res vol. 129 , ( 1-3 ) 35 - 46 .

Leitch IJ, Beaulieu JM, Chase MW, Leitch AR, Fay MF ( 2010 ) . Genome Size Dynamics and Evolution in Monocots . Journal of Botany vol. 2010 , 1 - 18 .

Renny-Byfield S, Ainouche M, Leitch IJ, Lim KY, Le Comber SC, Leitch AR ( 2010 ) . Flow cytometry and GISH reveal mixed ploidy populations and Spartina nonaploids with genomes of S. alterniflora and S. maritima origin . Ann Bot vol. 105 , ( 4 ) 527 - 533 .

Kelly LJ, Leitch AR, Clarkson JJ, Hunter RB, Knapp S, Chase MW ( 2010 ) . Intragenic Recombination Events and Evidence for Hybrid Speciation in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) . MOL BIOL EVOL vol. 27 , ( 4 ) 781 - 799 .

Le Comber SC, Ainouche ML, Kovarik A, Leitch AR ( 2010 ) . Making a functional diploid: from polysomic to disomic inheritance . New Phytol vol. 186 , ( 1 ) 113 - 122 .

Clarkson JJ, Kelly LJ, Leitch AR, Knapp S, Chase MW ( 2010 ) . Nuclear glutamine synthetase evolution in Nicotiana: Phylogenetics and the origins of allotetraploid and homoploid (diploid) hybrids . MOL PHYLOGENET EVOL vol. 55 , ( 1 ) 99 - 112 .

Koukalova B, Moraes AP, Renny-Byfield S, Matyasek R, Leitch AR, Kovarik A ( 2010 ) . Fall and rise of satellite repeats in allopolyploids of Nicotiana over c. 5 million years . NEW PHYTOL vol. 186 , ( 1 ) 148 - 160 .

Petit M, Guidat C, Daniel J, Denis E, Montoriol E, Bui QT, Lim KY, Kovarik A et al. ( 2010 ) . Mobilization of retrotransposons in synthetic allotetraploid tobacco . NEW PHYTOL vol. 186 , ( 1 ) 135 - 147 .

Kejnovsky E, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR ( 2009 ) . Contrasting evolutionary dynamics between angiosperm and mammalian genomes . TRENDS ECOL EVOL vol. 24 , ( 10 ) 572 - 582 .

Leitch AR, Leitch IJ ( 2009 ) . Plant genomes. Genome dynamics vol. 4 . Annals of Botany vol. 104 , ( 7 ) viii - viii .

Mlinarec J, Chester M, Siljak-Yakovlev S, Papes D, Leitch AR, Besendorfer V ( 2009 ) . Molecular structure and chromosome distribution of three repetitive DNA families in Anemone hortensis L. (Ranunculaceae) . CHROMOSOME RES vol. 17 , ( 3 ) 331 - 346 .

Garcia S, Lim KY, Chester M, Garnatje T, Pellicer J, Vallès J, Leitch AR, Kovarík A ( 2009 ) . Linkage of 35S and 5S rRNA genes in Artemisia (family Asteraceae): first evidence from angiosperms . Chromosoma vol. 118 , ( 1 ) 85 - 97 .

Kovarik A, Werlemark G, Leitch AR, Souckova-Skalicka K, Lim YK, Khaitová L, Koukalova B, Nybom H ( 2008 ) . The asymmetric meiosis in pentaploid dogroses (Rosa sect. Caninae) is associated with a skewed distribution of rRNA gene families in the gametes . Heredity (Edinb) vol. 101 , ( 4 ) 359 - 367 .

Robert ML, Lim KY, Hanson L, Sanchez-Teyer F, Bennett MD, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ ( 2008 ) . Wild and agronomically important Agave species (Asparagaceae) show proportional increases in chromosome number, genome size, and genetic markers with increasing ploidy . BOT J LINN SOC vol. 158 , ( 2 ) 215 - 222 .

Hernandez-Ibarra NK, Leitch AR, Cruz P, Ibarra AM ( 2008 ) . Fluorescent in situ hybridization and characterization of the SalI family of satellite repeats in the Haliotis L. species (abalone) of the Northeast Pacific . GENOME vol. 51 , ( 8 ) 570 - 579 .

Leitch AR, Leitch IJ ( 2008 ) . Genomic plasticity and the diversity of polyploid plants . Science vol. 320 , ( 5875 ) 481 - 483 .

Kovarik A, Dadejova M, Lim YK, Chase MW, Clarkson JJ, Knapp S, Leitch AR ( 2008 ) . Evolution of rDNA in Nicotiana allopolyploids: a potential link between rDNA homogenization and epigenetics . Ann Bot vol. 101 , ( 6 ) 815 - 823 .

Leitch IJ, Hanson L, Lim KY, Kovarik A, Chase MW, Clarkson JJ, Leitch AR ( 2008 ) . The ups and downs of genome size evolution in polyploid species of Nicotiana (Solanaceae) . Ann Bot vol. 101 , ( 6 ) 805 - 814 .

Dadejova M, Lim KY, Matyasek R, Leitch A, Kovarik A ( 2008 ) . Developmental activation of silent rRNA genes is associated with increased transcription activity of rDNA loci in synthetic hybrids of Nicotiana . vol. 2008 , ( Spring )

Lim KY, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Tate J, Matyasek R, Srubarova H, Kovarik A, Pires JC et al. ( 2008 ) . Rapid chromosome evolution in recently formed polyploids in Tragopogon (Asteraceae) . PLoS One vol. 3 , ( 10 )

Leitch A, McGinness P, Wallbridge D ( 2007 ) . Calculate the QT interval in patients taking drugs for dementia . The BMJ vol. 335 , ( 7619 )

Matyásek R, Tate JA, Lim YK, Srubarová H, Koh J, Leitch AR, Soltis DE, Soltis PS et al. ( 2007 ) . Concerted evolution of rDNA in recently formed Tragopogon allotetraploids is typically associated with an inverse correlation between gene copy number and expression . Genetics vol. 176 , ( 4 ) 2509 - 2519 .

Lim KY, Matyasek R, Kovarik A, Leitch A ( 2007 ) . Parental origin and genome evolution in the allopolyploid Iris versicolor . Ann Bot vol. 100 , ( 2 ) 219 - 224 .

Petit M, Lim KY, Julio E, Poncet C, de Borne FD, Kovarik A, Leitch AR, Grandbastien MA et al. ( 2007 ) . Differential impact of retrotransposon populations on the genome of allotetraploid tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) . MOL GENET GENOMICS vol. 278 , ( 1 ) 1 - 15 .

Leitch AR ( 2007 ) . Conserved gene order belies rapid genome turnover - The dynamic interplay between genomic DNA and the outside world . HEREDITY vol. 98 , ( 2 ) 61 - 62 .

Leitch A, Kovarik A, Matyasek R, Kamila S, Chase M, Clarkson J, Leitch I, Knapp S et al. ( 2007 ) . Evolution of allopolyploids in the genus Nicotiana . CHROMOSOME RESEARCH . vol. 15 , 8 - 8 .

Hernandez-Ibarra NK, Ibarra AM, Cruz P, Leitch AR ( 2007 ) . FISH mapping of 5S rRNA genes in chromosomes of North American abalone species, Haliotis rufescens and H-fulgens . AQUACULTURE . vol. 272 , S268 - S268 .

Garcia S, Chester M, Garnatje T, Kovarik A, Leitch AR, Lim KY, Pellicer J, Valles J ( 2007 ) . Linkage of nuclear 45S and 5S rDNA in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) revealed by in situ hybridization and PCR . CHROMOSOME RESEARCH . vol. 15 , 37 - 38 .

Sykorova E, Fajkus J, Leitch A ( 2007 ) . Plant telomeres and telomerases . CHROMOSOME RESEARCH . vol. 15 , 50 - 51 .

Lim KY, Kovarik A, Matyasek R, Chase MW, Clarkson JJ, Grandbastien MA, Leitch AR ( 2007 ) . Sequence of events leading to near-complete genome turnover in allopolyploid Nicotiana within five million years . New Phytol vol. 175 , ( 4 ) 756 - 763 .

Dadejova M, Lim KY, Souckova-Skalicka K, Matyasek R, Grandbastien MA, Leitch A, Kovarik A ( 2007 ) . Transcription activity of rRNA genes correlates with a tendency towards intergenomic homogenization in Nicotiana allotetraploids . NEW PHYTOL vol. 174 , ( 3 ) 658 - 668 .

Lim KY, Kovarik A, Matyasek R, Chase MW, Knapp S, McCarthy E, Clarkson JJ, Leitch AR ( 2006 ) . Comparative genomics and repetitive sequence divergence in the species of diploid Nicotiana section Alatae . Plant J vol. 48 , ( 6 ) 907 - 919 .

Salina EA, Lim KY, Badaeva ED, Shcherban AB, Adonina IG, Amosova AV, Samatadze TE, Vatolina TY et al. ( 2006 ) . Phylogenetic reconstruction of Aegilops section Sitopsis and the evolution of tandem repeats in the diploids and derived wheat polyploids . Genome vol. 49 , ( 8 ) 1023 - 1035 .

Lim KY, Souckova-Skalicka K, Sarasan V, Clarkson JJ, Chase MW, Kovarik A, Leitch AR ( 2006 ) . A genetic appraisal of a new synthetic Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae) and the Kostoff synthetic tobacco . AM J BOT vol. 93 , ( 6 ) 875 - 883 .

Sykorova E, Fajkus J, Meznikova M, Lim KY, Neplechova K, Blattner FR, Chase MW, Leitch AR ( 2006 ) . Minisatellite telomeres occur in the family Alliaceae but are lost in Allium . AM J BOT vol. 93 , ( 6 ) 814 - 823 .

Sýkorová E, Leitch AR, Fajkus J ( 2006 ) . Asparagales telomerases which synthesize the human type of telomeres . Plant Mol Biol vol. 60 , ( 5 ) 633 - 646 .

Leitch AR, Lim KY, Skalicka K, Kovarik A ( 2006 ) . Nuclear cytoplasmic interaction hypothesis and the role of translocations in Nicotiana allopolyploids . Radiation Risk Estimates in Normal and Emergency Situations . Editors: Cigna, AA, Druante, M , vol. 9 , 319 - 326 .

Clarkson JJ, Lim KY, Kovarik A, Chase MW, Knapp S, Leitch AR ( 2005 ) . Long-term genome diploidization in allopolyploid Nicotiana section Repandae (Solanaceae) . NEW PHYTOL vol. 168 , ( 1 ) 241 - 252 .

Koukalova B, Fojtova M, Lim KY, Fulnecek J, Leitch AR, Kovarik A ( 2005 ) . Dedifferentiation of tobacco cells is associated with ribosomal RNA gene hypomethylation, increased transcription, and chromatin alterations . Plant Physiol vol. 139 , ( 1 ) 275 - 286 .

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Lim KY, Werlemark G, Matyasek R, Bringloe JB, Sieber V, El Mokadem H, Meynet J, Hemming J et al. ( 2005 ) . Evolutionary implications of permanent odd polyploidy in the stable sexual, pentaploid of Rosa canina L . Heredity (Edinb) vol. 94 , ( 5 ) 501 - 506 .

Skalicka K, Lim KY, Matyasek R, Matzke M, Leitch AR, Kovarik A ( 2005 ) . Preferential elimination of repeated DNA sequences from the paternal, Nicotiana tomentosiformis genome donor of a synthetic, allotetraploid tobacco . NEW PHYTOL vol. 166 , ( 1 ) 291 - 303 .

Kovarik A, Pires JC, Leitch AR, Lim KY, Sherwood AM, Matyasek R, Rocca J, Soltis DE et al. ( 2005 ) . Rapid concerted evolution of nuclear ribosomal DNA in two tragopogon allopolyploids of recent and recurrent origin . GENETICS vol. 169 , ( 2 ) 931 - 944 .

Fajkus J, Sýkorová E, Leitch AR ( 2005 ) . Techniques in plant telomere biology . Biotechniques vol. 38 , ( 2 ) 233 - 243 .

Rotkova G, Sklenickova M, Dvorackova M, Sykorova E, Leitch AR, Fajkus J ( 2005 ) . An evolutionary change in telomere sequence motif within the plant section Asparagales had significance for telomere nucleoprotein complexes (vol 104, pg 132, 2004) . CYTOGENET GENOME RES vol. 109 , ( 4 ) 535 - 535 .

Haizel T, Lim YK, Leitch AR, Moore G ( 2005 ) . Molecular analysis of holocentric centromeres of Luzula species . Cytogenet Genome Res vol. 109 , ( 1-3 ) 134 - 143 .

Lim KY, Matyasek R, Kovarik A, Fulnecek J, Leitch AR ( 2005 ) . Molecular cytogenetics and tandem repeat sequence evolution in the allopolyploid Nicotiana rustica compared with diploid progenitors N. paniculata and N. undulata . Cytogenet Genome Res vol. 109 , ( 1-3 ) 298 - 309 .

Fajkus J, Sýkorová E, Leitch AR ( 2005 ) . Telomeres in evolution and evolution of telomeres . Chromosome Res vol. 13 , ( 5 ) 469 - 479 .

Clarkson JJ, Knapp S, Garcia VF, Olmstead RG, Leitch AR, Chase MW ( 2004 ) . Phylogenetic relationships in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) inferred from multiple plastid DNA regions . Mol Phylogenet Evol vol. 33 , ( 1 ) 75 - 90 .

Kovarik A, Matyasek R, Lim KY, Skalicka K, Koukalova B, Knapp S, Chase M, Leitch AR ( 2004 ) . Concerted evolution of 18-5.8-26S rDNA repeats in Nicotiana allotetraploids . BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY . vol. 82 , 615 - 625 .

Melayah D, Lim KY, Bonnivard E, Chalhoub B, De Borne FD, Mhiri C, Leitch AR, Grandbastien MA ( 2004 ) . Distribution of the Tnt1 retrotransposon family in the amphidiploid tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) and its wild Nicotiana relatives . BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY . vol. 82 , 639 - 649 .

Lim KY, Matyasek R, Kovarik A, Leitch AR ( 2004 ) . Genome evolution in allotetraploid Nicotiana . BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY . vol. 82 , 599 - 606 .

Pires JC, Lim KY, Kovarik A, Matyasek R, Boyd A, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ, Bennett MD et al. ( 2004 ) . Molecular cytogenetic analysis of recently evolved Tragopogon (Asteraceae) allopolyploids reveal a karyotype that is additive of the diploid progenitors . AM J BOT vol. 91 , ( 7 ) 1022 - 1035 .

Lim KY, Skalicka K, Koukalova B, Volkov RA, Matyasek R, Hemleben V, Leitch AR, Kovarik A ( 2004 ) . Dynamic Changes in the Distribution of a Satellite Homologous to Intergenic 26-18S rDNA Spacer in the Evolution of Nicotiana . Genetics vol. 166 , ( 4 ) 1935 - 1946 .

Lim KY, Skalicka K, Koukalova B, Volkov RA, Matyasek R, Hemleben V, Leitch AR, Kovarik A ( 2004 ) . Dynamic changes in the distribution of a satellite homologous to intergenic 26-18S rDNA spacer in the evolution of Nicotiana . GENETICS vol. 166 , ( 4 ) 1935 - 1946 .

Murad L, Bielawski JP, Matyasek R, Kovarik A, Nichols RA, Leitch AR, Lichtenstein CP ( 2004 ) . The origin and evolution of geminivirus-related DNA sequences in Nicotiana . HEREDITY vol. 92 , ( 4 ) 352 - 358 .

Rotkova G, Sklenickova M, Dvorackova M, Sykorova E, Leitch AR, Fajkus J ( 2004 ) . An evolutionary change in telomere sequence motif within the plant section Asparagales had significance for telomere nucleoprotein complexes . CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH . vol. 107 , 132 - 138 .

Skalicka K, Lim KY, Koukalova B, Volkov RA, Matyasek R, Hemleben V, Leitch AR, Kovarik A ( 2004 ) . EVOLUTION OF A RAPIDLY SPREADING SATELLITE HOMOLOGOUS TO INTERGENIC 26-18S RDNA SPACER IN NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC NICOTIANA SPECIES . ACTA PHYSIOL PLANT vol. 26 , ( 3 ) 59 - 60 .

Sykorova E, Neplechova K, Sklenickova M, Lim Y, Chase M, LEITCH AR, Fajkus J ( 2004 ) . How do Alliaceae maintain their telomeres? Revisited . Chromosome Research . Conference: 15th International Chromosome Conference ( Brunel University,West London ) from: 05/09/2004 to: 10/09/2004 , vol. 12 , 59s - 60s .

LEITCH AR ( 2004 ) . Plant Genome: Biodiversity and Evolution. Volume 1, Part A: Phanerogams. Edited by A K Sharma and A Sharma . Quarterly Review of Biology vol. 79 , ( 3 ) 305 - 306 .

LEITCH AR, Skalicka A, Lim YK, Matyasek R, Koukalova B, Kovarik K ( 2004 ) . Rapid evolution of ribosomal DNA in natural and synthetic Nicotiana allopolyploids . Conference: Plant & Animal Genomes XII Conference ( Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, CA ) from: 10/01/2004 to: 14/01/2004 ,

Sykorova E, Lim KY, Kunická Z, Rotkova G, Chase M, Bennett M, LEITCH AR, Fajkus J ( 2004 ) . Species divergence in Asparagales is associated with the evolution of novel types of telomeres . Chromosome Research . Conference: 15th International Chromosome Conference ( Brunel University, London ) from: 05/09/2004 to: 10/09/2004 , vol. 12 , 165s - 165s .

Sýkorová E, Lim KY, Kunická S, Chase M, Bennett MD, Fajkus J, LEITCH AR ( 2004 ) . Three distinctive types of telomere in the plant group Asparagales . Conference: Plant & Animal Genome XII Conference ( Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, CA ) from: 10/01/2004 to: 14/01/2004 ,

Sýkorová E, Lim KY, Fajkus J, Leitch AR ( 2003 ) . The signature of the Cestrum genome suggests an evolutionary response to the loss of (TTTAGGG)n telomeres . Chromosoma vol. 112 , ( 4 ) 164 - 172 .

Sýkorová E, Lim KY, Kunická Z, Chase MW, Bennett MD, Fajkus J, Leitch AR ( 2003 ) . Telomere variability in the monocotyledonous plant order Asparagales . Proc Biol Sci vol. 270 , ( 1527 ) 1893 - 1904 .

Matyasek R, Lim KY, Kovarik A, Leitch AR ( 2003 ) . Ribosomal DNA evolution and gene conversion in Nicotiana rustica . Heredity (Edinb) vol. 91 , ( 3 ) 268 - 275 .

Skalicka K, Lim KY, Matyasek R, Koukalova B, Leitch AR, Kovarik A ( 2003 ) . Rapid evolution of parental rDNA in a synthetic tobacco allotetraploid line . AM J BOT vol. 90 , ( 7 ) 988 - 996 .

Sykorova E, Lim KY, Chase MW, Knapp S, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR, Fajkus J ( 2003 ) . The absence of Arabidopsis-type telomeres in Cestrum and closely related genera Vestia and Sessea (Solanaceae): first evidence from eudicots . Plant J vol. 34 , ( 3 ) 283 - 291 .

Matyácek R, Fulnecek J, Lim KY, Leitch AR, Kovarík A ( 2002 ) . Evolution of 5S rDNA unit arrays in the plant genus Nicotiana (Solanaceae) . Genome vol. 45 , ( 3 ) 556 - 562 .

Murad L, Lim KY, Christopodulou V, Matyasek R, Lichtenstein CP, Kovarik A, Leitch AR ( 2002 ) . The origin of tobacco's T genome is traced to a particular lineage within Nicotiana tomentosiformis (Solanaceae) . AM J BOT vol. 89 , ( 6 ) 921 - 928 .

LEITCH AR, Lim KY, Matyasek R, Koukalova B, Murad L, Kovarik A, Lichtenstein CP ( 2002 ) . Diploid and polyploid evolution In Tobacco And Its Relatives . Comparative and Functional Genomics . Conference: Plant, Animal & Microbe Genomes X Conference ( Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA ) from: 12/01/2002 to: 16/01/2002 ,

Fulnecek J, Lim KY, Leitch AR, Kovarik A, Matyasek R ( 2002 ) . Evolution and structure of 5S rDNA loci in allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum and its putative parental species . HEREDITY vol. 88 , 19 - 25 .

LEITCH AR, Hartman TPV, Lim KY, Adams SP, Chase MW, Bennett MD, Leitch IJ ( 2002 ) . Loss of 'Typical Telomere Repeat Sequences From A Major Radiation Of Monocots . Conference: Plant, Animal & Microbe Genomes X Conference ( Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA ) from: 12/01/2002 to: 16/01/2002 ,

Soltis DE, Pires CP, Sherwood AM, Leitch IJ, Lim KY, LEITCH AR, Kageyama SA, Kovarik A et al. ( 2002 ) . Recent Allopolyploidy In Tragopogon (Asteraceae): Genomic and physiological comparisons . Conference: Plant, Animal & Microbe Genomes X Conference ( Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA ) from: 12/01/2002 to: 16/01/2002 ,

Adams SP, Hartman TP, Lim KY, Chase MW, Bennett MD, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR ( 2001 ) . Loss and recovery of Arabidopsis-type telomere repeat sequences 5'-(TTTAGGG)(n)-3' in the evolution of a major radiation of flowering plants . Proc Biol Sci vol. 268 , ( 1476 ) 1541 - 1546 .

Lim KY, Matyasek R, Fulnecek J, Koukalova B, Murad L, Kovarik A, Lichtenstein CP, LEITCH AR ( 2001 ) . Evolution in Nicotiana section Tomentosae . Chromosome Research . Conference: 14th International Chromosome Conference ( Wurzburg, Germany ) from: 04/09/2001 to: 08/09/2001 , vol. 9 , 112s - 112s .

Matyasek R, Lim KY, Kovarik A, LEITCH AR ( 2001 ) . Gene conversion in allotetraploid N. rustica by paternal genome N. paniculata . Chromosome Research . Conference: 14th International Chromosome Conference ( Wurzburg, Germany ) from: 04/09/2001 to: 08/09/2001 , vol. 9 , 97s - 97s .

LEITCH AR, Lim KY, Webb DR, McFadden GI ( 2001 ) . In situ hybridisation . Plant Cell Biology, A practical approach , Editors: Hawes, C, Satiat-Jeunemaitre, B , OUP ( Oxford ),

Leitch IJ, Hartman T, Lim Y, Adams S, Chase M, Bennett MD, LEITCH AR ( 2001 ) . Loss of "typical" telomere repeat sequences from a major radiation of monocots . Chromosome Research . Conference: 14th International Chromosome Conference ( Wurzburg, Germany ) from: 04/09/2001 to: 08/09/2001 , vol. 9 , 41s - 41s .

Murad L, Kovarik A, Lim KY, Matyasek R, Lichtenstein CP, LEITCH AR ( 2001 ) . Nicotiana tabacum formed after the divergence of N. tomentosiformis cytotypes . Chromosome Research . Conference: 14th International Chromosome Conference ( Wurzburg, Germany ) from: 04/09/2001 to: 08/09/2001 , vol. 9 , 114s - 114s .

Adams SP, Leitch IJ, Bennett MD, Chase MW, Leitch AR ( 2000 ) . Ribosomal DNA evolution and phylogeny in Aloe (Asphodelaceae) . Am J Bot vol. 87 , ( 11 ) 1578 - 1583 .

Lim KY, Matyásek R, Lichtenstein CP, Leitch AR ( 2000 ) . Molecular cytogenetic analyses and phylogenetic studies in the Nicotiana section Tomentosae . Chromosoma vol. 109 , ( 4 ) 245 - 258 .

Adams SP, Leitch IJ, Bennett MD, Leitch AR ( 2000 ) . Aloe L.--a second plant family without (TTTAGGG)n telomeres . Chromosoma vol. 109 , ( 3 ) 201 - 205 .

Lim KY, Kovarik A, Matýăsek R, Bezdĕk M, Lichtenstein CP, Leitch AR ( 2000 ) . Gene conversion of ribosomal DNA in Nicotiana tabacum is associated with undermethylated, decondensed and probably active gene units . Chromosoma vol. 109 , ( 3 ) 161 - 172 .

Leitch AR ( 2000 ) . Higher levels of organization in the interphase nucleus of cycling and differentiated cells . MICROBIOL MOL BIOL R vol. 64 , ( 1 ) 138 - + .

Leitch AR ( 2000 ) . Higher levels of organization in the interphase nucleus of cycling and differentiated cells . Microbiol Mol Biol Rev vol. 64 , ( 1 ) 138 - 152 .

Kovarik A, Koukalova B, Lim KY, Matyasek R, Lichtenstein CP, Leitch AR, Bezdek M ( 2000 ) . Comparative analysis of DNA methylation in tobacco heterochromatic sequences . CHROMOSOME RES vol. 8 , ( 6 ) 527 - 541 .

Lim KY, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR ( 1998 ) . Genomic characterisation and the detection of raspberry chromatin in polyploid Rubus . THEOR APPL GENET vol. 97 , ( 7 ) 1027 - 1033 .

Leitch AR, Lim KY, Leitch IJ, O'Neill M, Chye M, Low F ( 1998 ) . Molecular cytogenetic studies in rubber, Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) . GENOME vol. 41 , ( 3 ) 464 - 467 .

Kingham KI, Duckett JG, Gazdova B, Kovarik A, Bezdek M, Leitch AR ( 1998 ) . The role of DNA methylation on nuclear and cell differentiation in the filamentous caulonema of the moss Funaria hygrometrica . NEW PHYTOL vol. 138 , ( 4 ) 567 - 577 .

Leitch AR ( 1998 ) . Chromosome structure and composition . Cytogenet Cell Genet vol. 81 , ( 2 ) 106 - 115 .

Adams SP, Bennett MD, Leitch IJ, Leitch AR ( 1998 ) . Ribosomal DNA and karyotype evolution in aloe . CYTOGENET CELL GENET vol. 81 , ( 2 ) 123 - 123 .

Lim YKM, Matyasek R, Leitch AR, Lichtenstein CP ( 1998 ) . The organization of geminivirus-related DNA in the genome of tobacco . CYTOGENET CELL GENET vol. 81 , ( 2 ) 130 - 130 .

Kovarik A, Matyasek R, Leitch A, Gazdova B, Fulnecek J, Bezdek M ( 1997 ) . Variability in CpNpG methylation in higher plant genomes . GENE vol. 204 , ( 1-2 ) 25 - 33 .

Glyn MC, Egertová M, Gazdova B, Kovarik A, Bezdek M, Leitch AR ( 1997 ) . The influence of 5-azacytidine on the condensation of the short arm of rye chromosome 1R in Triticum aestivum L. root tip meristematic nuclei . Chromosoma vol. 106 , ( 8 ) 485 - 492 .

Schwarzacher T, Wang ML, Leitch AR, Moore G, Heslop-Harrison JS, Miller N ( 1997 ) . Flow cytometric analysis of the chromosomes and stability of a wheat cell-culture line . Theor Appl Genet vol. 94 , ( 1 ) 91 - 97 .

Chandley AC, Speed RM, Leitch AR ( 1996 ) . Different distributions of homologous chromosomes in adult human Sertoli cells and in lymphocytes signify nuclear differentiation . J CELL SCI vol. 109 , 773 - 776 .

Kingham KI, Duckett JG, Glyn MCP, Leitch AR ( 1995 ) . Nuclear differentiation in the filamentous caulonema of the moss Funaria hygrometrica . NEW PHYTOL vol. 131 , ( 4 ) 543 - 556 .

Glyn MC, Leitch AR ( 1995 ) . The distribution of a spliceosome protein in cereal (Triticeae) interphase nuclei from cells with different metabolic activities and through the cell cycle . Plant J vol. 8 , ( 4 ) 531 - 540 .

FRANCIS HA, LEITCH AR, KOEBNER RMD ( 1995 ) . CONVERSION OF A RAPD-GENERATED PCR PRODUCT, CONTAINING A NOVEL DISPERSED REPETITIVE ELEMENT, INTO A FAST AND ROBUST ASSAY FOR THE PRESENCE OF RYE CHROMATIN IN WHEAT . THEOR APPL GENET vol. 90 , ( 5 ) 636 - 642 .

Francis HA, Leitch AR, Koebner RMD ( 1995 ) . Conversion of a RAPD-generated PCR product, containing a novel dispersed repetitive element, into a fast and robust assay for the presence of rye chromatin in wheat . TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik vol. 90 , ( 5 ) 636 - 642 .

Leitch AR, Schwarzacher T, Leitch IJ ( 1994 ) . The use of fluorochromes in the cytogenetics of the small-grained cereals (Triticeae) . Histochem J vol. 26 , ( 6 ) 471 - 479 .

Leitch AR, Brown JK, Mosgöller W, Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison JS ( 1994 ) . The spatial localization of homologous chromosomes in human fibroblasts at mitosis . Hum Genet vol. 93 , ( 3 ) 275 - 280 .

Schwarzacher T, Leitch AR ( 1994 ) . Enzymatic treatment of plant material to spread chromosomes for in situ hybridization . Methods Mol Biol vol. 28 , 153 - 160 .

Schwarzacher T, Leitch AR ( 1993 ) . Enzymatic Treatment of Plant Material to Spread Chromosomes for In Situ Hybridization . Protocols for Nucleic Acid Analysis by Nonradioactive Probes , vol. 28 , Springer Nature

LEITCH AR, SCHWARZACHER T, WANG ML, LEITCH IJ, SURLANMOMIROVICH G, MOORE G, HESLOPHARRISON JSP ( 1993 ) . MOLECULAR CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF REPEATED SEQUENCES IN A LONG-TERM WHEAT SUSPENSION-CULTURE . PLANT CELL TISS ORG vol. 33 , ( 3 ) 287 - 296 .

Moore G, Abbo S, Cheung W, Foote T, Gale M, Koebner R, Leitch A, Leitch I et al. ( 1993 ) . Key features of cereal genome organization as revealed by the use of cytosine methylation-sensitive restriction endonucleases . Genomics vol. 15 , ( 3 ) 472 - 482 .

Leitch AR ( 1993 ) . Book reviews . Heredity vol. 70 , ( 1 ) 110 - 110 .

Leitch AR, Heslop-Harrison JS ( 1993 ) . Ribosomal RNA gene expression and localization in cereals . Chromosomes Today , Springer Nature

HESLOPHARRISON JS, LEITCH AR, SCHWARZACHER T ( 1993 ) . THE PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION OF INTERPHASE NUCLEI . CHROMOSOME . 221 - 232 .

SCHWARZACHER T, ANAMTHAWATJONSSON K, HARRISON GE, ISLAM AKMR, JIA JZ, KING IP, LEITCH AR, MILLER TE et al. ( 1992 ) . GENOMIC INSITU HYBRIDIZATION TO IDENTIFY ALIEN CHROMOSOMES AND CHROMOSOME SEGMENTS IN WHEAT . THEOR APPL GENET vol. 84 , ( 7-8 ) 778 - 786 .

Schwarzacher T, Anamthawat-Jonsson K, Harrison GE, Islam AKMR, Jia JZ, King IP, Leitch AR, Miller TE et al. ( 1992 ) . Genomic in situ hybridization to identify alien chromosomes and chromosome segments in wheat . TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik vol. 84 , ( 7 ) 778 - 786 .

Wang ML, Leitch AR, Schwarzacher T, Heslop-Harrison JS, Moore G ( 1992 ) . Construction of a chromosome-enriched HpaII library from flow-sorted wheat chromosomes . Nucleic Acids Res vol. 20 , ( 8 ) 1897 - 1901 .

LEITCH AR, MOSGOLLER W, SHI M, HESLOPHARRISON JS ( 1992 ) . DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF RDNA ORGANIZATION AT INTERPHASE IN NUCLEI OF WHEAT AND RYE . J CELL SCI vol. 101 , 751 - & .

Leitch AR, Mosgöller W, Shi M, Heslop-Harrison JS ( 1992 ) . Different patterns of rDNA organization at interphase in nuclei of wheat and rye . J Cell Sci vol. 101 ( Pt 4) , 751 - 757 .

LEITCH AR, SCHWARZACHER T, MOSGOLLER W, BENNETT MD, HESLOPHARRISON JS ( 1991 ) . PARENTAL GENOMES ARE SEPARATED THROUGHOUT THE CELL-CYCLE IN A PLANT HYBRID . CHROMOSOMA vol. 101 , ( 4 ) 206 - 213 .

Mosgöller W, Leitch AR, Brown JK, Heslop-Harrison JS ( 1991 ) . Chromosome arrangements in human fibroblasts at mitosis . Hum Genet vol. 88 , ( 1 ) 27 - 33 .

HESLOPHARRISON JS, MOSGOLLER W, SCHWARZACHER T, LEITCH AR ( 1991 ) . VOLUMES AND POSITIONS OF CHROMOSOMES IN RECONSTRUCTIONS OF FIBROBLASTS . AM J HUM GENET vol. 49 , ( 4 ) 380 - 380 .

LEITCH IJ, LEITCH AR, HESLOPHARRISON JS ( 1991 ) . PHYSICAL MAPPING OF PLANT DNA-SEQUENCES BY SIMULTANEOUS INSITU HYBRIDIZATION OF 2 DIFFERENTLY LABELED FLUORESCENT-PROBES . GENOME vol. 34 , ( 3 ) 329 - 333 .

Leitch AR ( 1991 ) . Calcification of the Charophyte Oosporangium . Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites , Springer Nature

HESLOPHARRISON JS, LEITCH AR, SCHWARZACHER T, ANAMTHAWATJONSSON K ( 1990 ) . DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 1B/1R TRANSLOCATIONS IN HEXAPLOID WHEAT . HEREDITY vol. 65 , 385 - 392 .

Leitch AR, Mosgöller W, Schwarzacher T, Bennett MD, Heslop-Harrison JS ( 1990 ) . Genomic in situ hybridization to sectioned nuclei shows chromosome domains in grass hybrids . Journal of Cell Science vol. 95 , ( 3 ) 335 - 341 .

ANAMTHAWATJONSSON K, SCHWARZACHER T, LEITCH AR, BENNETT MD, HESLOPHARRISON JS ( 1990 ) . DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN CLOSELY RELATED TRITICEAE SPECIES USING GENOMIC DNA AS A PROBE . THEOR APPL GENET vol. 79 , ( 6 ) 721 - 728 .

Anamthawat-Jonsson K, Schwarzacher T, Leitch AR, Bennett MD, Heslop-Harrison JS ( 1990 ) . Discrimination between closely related Triticeae species using genomic DNA as a probe . TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik vol. 79 , ( 6 ) 721 - 728 .

SCHWARZACHER T, LEITCH AR, HESLOPHARRISON JS ( 1990 ) . INSITU HYBRIDIZATION AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE NUCLEUS . TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY : NEW SERIES, VOL 1 . vol. 1 , 669 - 674 .

Heslop-Harrison JS, Leitch AR, Schwarzacher T, Smith JB, Atkinson MD, Bennett MD ( 1989 ) . The volumes and morphology of human chromosomes in mitotic reconstructions . Human Genetics vol. 84 , ( 1 ) 27 - 34 .

Leitch AR ( 1989 ) . Formation and ultrastructure of a complex, multilayered wall around the oospore of Chara and Lamprothamnium (Characeae) . British Phycological Journal vol. 24 , ( 3 ) 229 - 236 .

SCHWARZACHER T, LEITCH AR, BENNETT MD, HESLOP-HARRISON JS ( 1989 ) . In Situ Localization of Parental Genomes in a Wide Hybrid . Annals of Botany vol. 64 , ( 3 ) 315 - 324 .