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Discovery Of Mirnas And Development Of Heat-Responsive Mirna-Ssr Markers For Characterization Of Wheat Germplasm For Terminal Heat Tolerance Breeding, Pooja Sihag, Vijeta Sagwal, Anuj Kumar, Priyanka Balyan, Reyazul Rouf Mir, Om Parkash Dhankher, Upendra Kumar Jan 2021

Discovery Of Mirnas And Development Of Heat-Responsive Mirna-Ssr Markers For Characterization Of Wheat Germplasm For Terminal Heat Tolerance Breeding, Pooja Sihag, Vijeta Sagwal, Anuj Kumar, Priyanka Balyan, Reyazul Rouf Mir, Om Parkash Dhankher, Upendra Kumar

Stockbridge Faculty Publication Series

A large proportion of the Asian population fulfills their energy requirements from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Wheat quality and yield are critically affected by the terminal heat stress across the globe. It affects approximately 40% of the wheat-cultivating regions of the world. Therefore, there is a critical need to develop improved terminal heat-tolerant wheat varieties. Marker-assisted breeding with genic simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers have been used for developing terminal heat-tolerant wheat varieties; however, only few studies involved the use of microRNA (miRNA)-based SSR markers (miRNASSRs) in wheat, which were found as key players in various abiotic stresses. In the …


Species And Population Specific Gene Expression In Blood Transcriptomes Of Marine Turtles, Shreya M. Banerjee, Jamie Adkins Stoll, Camryn D. Allen, Jennifer M. Lynch, Heather S. Harris, Lauren Kenyon, Richard E. Connon, Eleanor J. Sterling, Eugenia Naro-Maciel, Kathryn Mcfadden Jan 2021

Species And Population Specific Gene Expression In Blood Transcriptomes Of Marine Turtles, Shreya M. Banerjee, Jamie Adkins Stoll, Camryn D. Allen, Jennifer M. Lynch, Heather S. Harris, Lauren Kenyon, Richard E. Connon, Eleanor J. Sterling, Eugenia Naro-Maciel, Kathryn Mcfadden

Environmental Conservation Faculty Publication Series

Background: Transcriptomic data has demonstrated utility to advance the study of physiological diversity and organisms' responses to environmental stressors. However, a lack of genomic resources and challenges associated with collecting high-quality RNA can limit its application for many wild populations. Minimally invasive blood sampling combined with de novo transcriptomic approaches has great potential to alleviate these barriers. Here, we advance these goals for marine turtles by generating high quality de novo blood transcriptome assemblies to characterize functional diversity and compare global transcriptional profiles between tissues, species, and foraging aggregations.ResultsWe generated high quality blood transcriptome assemblies for hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead …


Navigating The U.S. Health Insurance Landscape For Children With Rare Diseases: A Qualitative Study Of Parents' Experiences, Tai L. S. Pasquini, Sarah L. Goff, Jennifer M. Whitehill Jan 2021

Navigating The U.S. Health Insurance Landscape For Children With Rare Diseases: A Qualitative Study Of Parents' Experiences, Tai L. S. Pasquini, Sarah L. Goff, Jennifer M. Whitehill

Health Promotion and Policy Faculty Publication Series

Parents of children with rare diseases often face uncertainty about diagnosis, treatment, and costs associated with healthcare for their child. Health insurance status impacts each of these areas, but no U.S. study has explored parents' perceptions of the health insurance impacts on their child's care. This study aimed to qualitatively explore how these parents navigate the complex health insurance system for their children and their experiences in doing so. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents of children with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), chosen for specific disease characteristics and orphan drug status. Participants were recruited via …


Identification Of Pmt, Tr1, And H6h Gene Polymorphism And Tropane Alkaloid Chemotypes In Hyoscyamus Niger L. (Black Henbane), Lawrence Kramer Jan 2009

Identification Of Pmt, Tr1, And H6h Gene Polymorphism And Tropane Alkaloid Chemotypes In Hyoscyamus Niger L. (Black Henbane), Lawrence Kramer

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

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Land Use Laws And Policies Model Biogenetics Bylaw, Umass Amherst Center Economic Development Jan 1991

Land Use Laws And Policies Model Biogenetics Bylaw, Umass Amherst Center Economic Development

Center for Economic Development Technical Reports

This report explains the bylaw that dictates the use of RDNA in the town of Grafton, Massachusetts.