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Overview

Andrew J. Flavell is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with additional work in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The main subfields of study include Plant Science and Genetics.

Their research scope spans several topics, including:

  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding

Andrew J. Flavell has published recent papers in a variety of scientific journals and preprint platforms. Selected papers include:

  • Natural variation in meiotic recombination rate shapes introgression patterns in intraspecific hybrids between wild and domesticated barley, 2020, New Phytologist
  • New loci and candidate genes in spring two-rowed barley detected through meta-analysis of a field trial European network, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New loci and candidate genes in spring two-rowed barley detected through meta-analysis of a field trial European network, 2025, Theoretical and Applied Genetics

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Rajiv Sharma
  • Klaus Pillen
  • Francesc Montardit-Tardà
  • Ana M. Casas
  • William T. B. Thomas

Best Publications

  • A unified classification system for eukaryotic transposable elements

    Thomas Wicker;François Sabot;Aurélie Hua-Van;Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  • Genetic distribution of Bare-1-like retrotransposable elements in the barley genome revealed by sequence-specific amplification polymorphisms (S-SAP)

    R. Waugh;K. McLean;A. J. Flavell;S. R. Pearce

  • Ty1-copia group retrotransposons are ubiquitous and heterogeneous in higher plants.

    Andrew J. Flavell;Elizabeth Dunbar;Raymond Anderson;Stephen R. Pearce

  • Crops that feed the world 4. Barley: a resilient crop? Strengths and weaknesses in the context of food security

    Adrian Clive Newton;Andrew J. Flavell;Timothy S. George;Philip Leat

  • Analysis of plant diversity with retrotransposon-based molecular markers

    R. Kalendar;A. J. Flavell;T. H. N. Ellis;T. Sjakste

  • Retrotransposon-based insertion polymorphisms (RBIP) for high throughput marker analysis.

    Andrew J. Flavell;Maggie R. Knox;Stephen R. Pearce;T. H. Noel Ellis

  • Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in the Genomic Era

    Petr Smýkal;Gregoire Aubert;Judith Burstin;Clarice J. Coyne

  • Barley whole exome capture: a tool for genomic research in the genus Hordeum and beyond.

    Martin Mascher;Todd A. Richmond;Daniel J. Gerhardt;Axel Himmelbach

  • The Ty1-copia group retrotransposons in Vicia species: copy number, sequence heterogeneity and chromosomal localisation.

    Pearce;Harrison G;Li D;Heslop-Harrison J

  • Extreme heterogeneity of Ty1-copia group retrotransposons in plants.

    Andrew J. Flavell;Donald B. Smith;Amar Kumar

  • The genetic diversity and evolution of field pea (Pisum) studied by high throughput retrotransposon based insertion polymorphism (RBIP) marker analysis

    Runchun Jing;Runchun Jing;Alexander Vershinin;Jacek Grzebyta;Paul William Shaw

  • Extrachromosomal circular copies of the eukaryotic transposable element copia in cultured Drosophila cells

    Andrew J. Flavell;David Ish-Horowicz

  • Plant transposable elements and the genome.

    Andrew J. Flavell;Andrew J. Flavell;Stephen R. Pearce;Stephen R. Pearce;Amar Kumar;Amar Kumar

  • The chromosomal distributions of Ty1-copia group retrotransposable elements in higher plants and their implications for genome evolution.

    J.S. Heslop-Harrison;Andrea Brandes;Shin Taketa;Thomas Schmidt

  • The Application of LTR Retrotransposons as Molecular Markers in Plants

    Alan H. Schulman;Andrew J. Flavell;Etienne Paux;T. H. Noel Ellis

  • Pea Ty1-copia group retrotransposons: transpositional activity and use as markers to study genetic diversity in Pisum

    S. R. Pearce;M. Knox;T. H. N. Ellis;A. J. Flavell

  • The Ty1-copia group of retrotransposons in plants: genomic organisation, evolution, and use as molecular markers.

    Amar Kumar;Stephen R. Pearce;Karen McLean;Gill Harrison

  • Phylogeny, phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Pisum genus

    Petr Smýkal;Gregory Kenicer;Andrew J. Flavell;Jukka Corander

  • Retrotransposon-based molecular markers for linkage and genetic diversity analysis in wheat

    R. A. Queen;B. M. Gribbon;C. James;P. Jack

  • The Ty1-copia group retrotransposons of Allium cepa are distributed throughout the chromosomes but are enriched in the terminal heterochromatin.

    Stephen R. Pearce;Uta Pich;Gill Harrison;Andrew J. Flavell

Frequent Co-Authors

Robbie Waugh
Robbie Waugh James Hutton Institute
Joanne Russell
Joanne Russell James Hutton Institute
William T. B. Thomas
William T. B. Thomas James Hutton Institute
Klaus Pillen
Klaus Pillen Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Luke Ramsay
Luke Ramsay James Hutton Institute
J. S. Heslop-Harrison
J. S. Heslop-Harrison University of Leicester
Alan H. Schulman
Alan H. Schulman University of Helsinki
Brian J. Steffenson
Brian J. Steffenson University of Minnesota
Luigi Cattivelli
Luigi Cattivelli The Canadian Real Estate Association
David Marshall
David Marshall James Hutton Institute

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