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Optimizing tiller production and survival for grain yield improvement in a bread wheat × spelt mapping population (2015)
Journal Article
Xie, Q., Mayes, S., & Sparkes, D. L. (2015). Optimizing tiller production and survival for grain yield improvement in a bread wheat × spelt mapping population. Annals of Botany, 117(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcv147

Background and Aims: Tiller production and survival determine final spike number, and play key roles in grain yield formation in wheat (Triticum aestivum). This study aimed to understand the genetic and physiological basis of the tillering process, a... Read More about Optimizing tiller production and survival for grain yield improvement in a bread wheat × spelt mapping population.

Carpel size, grain filling, and morphology determine individual grain weight in wheat (2015)
Journal Article
Xie, Q., Mayes, S., & Sparkes, D. L. (2015). Carpel size, grain filling, and morphology determine individual grain weight in wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66(21), https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erv378

Individual grain weight is a major yield component in wheat. To provide a comprehensive understanding of grain weight determination, the carpel size at anthesis, grain dry matter accumulation, grain water uptake and loss, grain morphological expansio... Read More about Carpel size, grain filling, and morphology determine individual grain weight in wheat.

Genetical and comparative genomics of Brassica under altered Ca supply identifies Arabidopsis Ca-transporter orthologs (2014)
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Graham, N. S., Hammond, J. P., Lysenko, A., Mayes, S., Ó Lochlainn, S., Blasco, B., …Broadley, M. R. (in press). Genetical and comparative genomics of Brassica under altered Ca supply identifies Arabidopsis Ca-transporter orthologs. Plant Cell, 26(7),

Although Ca transport in plants is highly complex, the overexpression of vacuolar Ca2+ transporters in crops is a promising new technology to improve dietary Ca supplies through biofortification. Here, we sought to identify novel targets for increasi... Read More about Genetical and comparative genomics of Brassica under altered Ca supply identifies Arabidopsis Ca-transporter orthologs.

Development of microsatellite markers and detection of genetic variation between Goniozus wasp populations (2014)
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Khidr, S. K., Hardy, I. C., Zaviezo, T., & Mayes, S. (2014). Development of microsatellite markers and detection of genetic variation between Goniozus wasp populations. Journal of Insect Science, 14(43), https://doi.org/10.1673/031.014.43

Molecular genetic markers reveal differences between genotypes according to the presence of alleles (the same or different) at target loci. Microsatellite markers are especially useful codominant markers that have been used in a wide range of studies... Read More about Development of microsatellite markers and detection of genetic variation between Goniozus wasp populations.

Pigeons: a novel GUI software for analysing and parsing high density heterologous oligonucleotide microarray probe level data (2014)
Journal Article
Lai, H.-M., May, S., & Mayes, S. (2014). Pigeons: a novel GUI software for analysing and parsing high density heterologous oligonucleotide microarray probe level data. Microarrays, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/microarrays3010001

Genomic DNA-based probe selection by using high density oligonucleotide arrays has recently been applied to heterologous species (Xspecies). With the advent of this new approach, researchers are able to study the genome and transcriptome of a non-mod... Read More about Pigeons: a novel GUI software for analysing and parsing high density heterologous oligonucleotide microarray probe level data.