KEW PLANT GENOME SIZE DISCUSSION MEETING
		Sponsored by Annals of Botany 11th - 12th September 2003

Poster Titles

Posters in Bold are registrants at the meeting.

1. Albach, D.C. &Greilhuber J. The relationship of low genome size, annual life history and selfing.

2. Azhar, M. & Rusli,I. Mutagenesis in banana.

3. Barow, M. & Meister,A. Endopolyploidy in seed plants is differently correlated to systematics, organ, life strategy and genome size.

4. Bartoš, J., Alkhimova, O., Dolezelová, M. & Dolezel J. Genome size and number of ribosomal DNA loci in the genera Musa and Ensete.

5. Bennett, MD, Hanson, L. & Leitch, IJ. Genome size evolution in polyploid angiosperms.

6. Bennett, MD., Leitch, IJ., Hanson, L., Murray, B. & Greilhuber, J. Plant DNA C-values database (Release 2.0, January 2003).

7. Cook, PC, Hanson, L & Fay, MF. Systematics and genome size investigation in Cypripedium.

8. Cullis, CA. Specific sequences involved in genome size evolution in flax.

9. de Kochko, A., Boualem, A., Sarry, J., Poncet, V., Hamon, P. & Noirot, M. Coffee trees genome size variation: its relation with retrotransposons copy number.

10. Falistocco, E. Genomic organization of repeated DNA sequences in Medicago sativa subspecies.

11. Garnatje, T., Garcia, S., Hidalgo, O., Sanz, M., Siljak-Yakovlev S. & Vallès J. Genome size variation in Echinops and related genera (Asteraceae, Cardueae).

12. Greilhuber, J. & Temsch, E.M. Practical aspects of quantitative Feulgen staining in plants.

13. Kapraun, D.F. & Bailey, J.C. Post-K/T boundary expansion of polyphyletic geniculate coralline red algae is correlated with multiple polyploidy events.

14. Ladegaard, N., Debaljak, M. & Jørgensen, S.E. Complexity measures of ecosystems: the genome.

15. Lee, H.C. & Lin, T.Y. Endoreduplication in orchid flowers.

16. Leitch, IJ., Soltis, D., Soltis, P. & Bennett, MD. Evolution of C-values across land plants (Embryophyta).

17. Lim K.Y. , Kovarik, A., Matyasek, R., Skalická K., Koukalova B., Grandbastien M-A., Leitch, A. Sequence copy number changes associated with Nicotiana tabacum allopolyploidy.

18. Lysak, M.A., Blattner, F.R., Meister, A. , Ali H.B. & Schubert, I. Genome size evolution in Arabidopsis and the Brassicaceae.

19. Meister, A. How does the fluorescence of DNA - specific dyes depend on base composition and base sequence? Comparison of the sequenced species Oryza sativa and a-Arabidopsis thaliana.

20. Murray, B.G., de Lange, P.J., Ferguson, A.R. & Dixon, J. C-value and chromosome variation in the New Zealand grass flora.

21. Obermayer, R. & Greilhuber, J. Genome size and fruit colour variation in Dasypyrum villosum.

22. Palomino, G., Martínez, J. & Méndez, I. Determination of Agave angustifolia Haw. cytotypes by flow cytometry.

23. Ricroch, A. , Nadot, S & Yockteng, R. Genome size and phylogenetic inference in Allium species.

24. Robert, M.L., Hanson, L., Bennett, M.D., Leitch, I.J. Non-reduction of DNA content in polyploids of the genus Agave.

25. Sanz, M., Garcia, S., Garnatje, T., Inceer, H., Kreitschitz, A., McArthur, E.D. & Vallès, J. Nuclear DNA amount assessment in some representatives of tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae).

26. Siljak-Yakovlev, S., Muratovic, E., Bogunic, F., Jukic, L., Papes, D., Solic, M.E., Catrice, O. & Brown, S.C. Genome size in some angiosperms from the Balkan flora.

27. Siwinska, D. & Maluszynska, J. Genome size change during plant development - does it depend on original ploidy level?

28. Suda, J., Mandák, B. & Bímová, K. DAPI-fluorescence intensity discriminates between the taxa in the genus Reynoutria.

29. Suda, J., Krahulcová, A., Krahulec, F., Rosenbaumová, R. & Peckert, T. Genome size variation in Hieracium subgenus Pilosella.

30. Temsch, E.M. & Greilhuber, J. DNA C-value variation in the genus Arachis(Fabaceae).

31. Vidic, T., Greilhuber, J. & Vilhar, B. Genome size is associated with differential survival of plant species.

SOME RECENT INTERESTING PAPERS ON GENOME SIZE

Bennett MD, Bhandol P, Leitch IJ. 2000. Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms and their modern uses - 807 new estimates.Annals of Botany 86: 859-909.

Bennett MD, Leitch IJ, Price HJ, Johnston JS. 2003. Comparisons with Caenorhabditis (~100 Mb) show that genome size in Arabidopsis is not 125 Mb but approaches Drosophila (~175 Mb). Annals of Botany (submitted).

Bennett MD, Leitch IJ. 2003. Plant DNA C-values database (release 2.0, Jan. 2003). http://www.kew.org/cval/homepage.html

Bennetzen JL. 2002. Mechanisms and rates of genome expansion and contraction in flowering plants. Genetica 115: 29-36.

Gregory TR. 2001. Coincidence, coevolution, or causation? DNA content, cell size, and the C-value enigma. Biological Reviews 76: 65-101.

Greilhuber J, Temsch EM. 2001. Feulgen densitometry: some observations relevant to best practice in quantitiative nuclear DNA content determination. Acta Bot. Croat.60: 285-298.

Knight CA, Ackerly DD. 2002. Variation in nuclear DNA content across environmental gradients: a quantile regression analysis. Ecology Letters 5: 66-76.

Murray BG. 1998. Nuclear DNA amounts in gymnosperms. Annals of Botany 82: 3-15.

Obermayer R, Leitch IJ, Hanson L, Bennett MD. 2002. Nuclear DNA C-values in 30 species double the familial representation in pteridophytes. Annals of Botany 90: 209-217.

Petrov DA. 2002. Mutational equilibrium model of genome size evolution. Theoretical Population Biology 61: 531-544.

Price HJ, Hodnett G, Johnston JS. 2000. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) leaves contain compounds that reduce nuclear propidium iodide fluorescence. Annals of Botany 86: 929-934.

Vilhar B, Greilhuber J, Koce JD, Temsch EM, Dermastia M. 2001. Plant genome size measurement with DNA image cytometry. Annals of Botany 87: 719-728.

Voglmayr H. 2000. Nuclear DNA amounts in mosses (Musci). Annals of Botany85: 531-546.

Wendel JF, Cronn RC, Johnston JS, Price HJ. 2002. Feast and famine in plant genomes. Genetica 115: 37-47.