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Trude Schwarzacher is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various aspects of plant science, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on chromosomal and genetic variations in plants.

Their recent publications illustrate a concentration on plant diversification, genome analysis, and species evolution. Notable papers include:

  • Polyploidy: its consequences and enabling role in plant diversification and evolution (2022, Annals of Botany)
  • Comparative chloroplast genome analyses of Avena: insights into evolutionary dynamics and phylogeny (2020, BMC Plant Biology)
  • A chromosome-level reference genome of Ensete glaucum gives insight into diversity and chromosomal and repetitive sequence evolution in the Musaceae (2022, GigaScience)
  • Complex polyploid and hybrid species in an apomictic and sexual tropical forage grass group: genomic composition and evolution in Urochloa (Brachiaria) species (2021, Annals of Botany)
  • Flow Cytometry-Based Determination of Ploidy from Dried Leaf Specimens in Genomically Complex Collections of the Tropical Forage Grass Urochloa s. l. (2021, Genes)

The scientist's frequent collaborators include:

  • J. S. Heslop-Harrison
  • Paulina Tomaszewska
  • Qing Liu
  • Manosh Kumar Biswas
  • Valheria Castiblanco

Schwarzacher often publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Annals of Botany
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • BMC Plant Biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their main research fields cover Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Key subfields of study include:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics

Within these fields, the central topics of Schwarzacher's work are:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
  • Banana Cultivation and Research
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics

Trude Schwarzacher's work contributes primarily to understanding plant genome complexity, evolutionary processes influencing plant diversification, and practical implications for agriculture and conservation through genomic and cytogenetic methodologies.

Best Publications

  • In Situ Localization of Parental Genomes in a Wide Hybrid

    T. Schwarzacher;A. R. Leitch;M. D. Bennett;J. S. Heslop-Harrison

  • Practical in situ hybridization

    Trude Schwarzacher;Pat Heeslop-Harrison

  • Domestication, Genomics and the Future for Banana

    J. S. Heslop-Harrison;Trude Schwarzacher

  • Insight into the evolution of the Solanaceae from the parental genomes of Petunia hybrida.

    Aureliano Bombarely;Michel Moser;Avichai Moshe Amrad;Manzhu Bao

  • Polyploidy and interspecific hybridization: partners for adaptation, speciation and evolution in plants.

    Karine Alix;Pierre R. Gérard;Trude Schwarzacher;J. S. Heslop-Harrison

  • Genomic in situ hybridization to identify alien chromosomes and chromosome segments in wheat.

    T. Schwarzacher;K. Anamthawat-Jónsson;G. E. Harrison;A. K. M. R. Islam

  • Organisation of the plant genome in chromosomes

    J. S. (Pat) Heslop‐Harrison;Trude Schwarzacher

  • A cereal centromeric sequence

    L Aragón-Alcaide;T Miller;T Schwarzacher;S Reader

  • Application of Giemsa banding to orchid karyotype analysis

    Trude Schwarzacher;Peter Ambros;Dieter Schweizer

  • In Situ Hybridization: A Practical Guide

    A. R. Leitch;T. Schwarzacher;D. Jackson;I. J. Leitch

  • Discrimination between closely related Triticeae species using genomic DNA as a probe.

    K. Anamthawat-Jónsson;T. Schwarzacher;A. R. Leitch;M. D. Bennett

  • The large-scale genomic organization of repetitive DNA families at the telomeres of rye chromosomes.

    Alexander V. Vershinin;Trude Schwarzacher;John S. Heslop-Harrison

  • DNA aptamers against the MUC1 tumour marker: design of aptamer–antibody sandwich ELISA for the early diagnosis of epithelial tumours

    C. S. M. Ferreira;K. Papamichael;G. Guilbault;T. Schwarzacher

  • 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

  • Physical mapping of rRNA genes by fluorescent in-situ hybridization and structural analysis of 5S rRNA genes and intergenic spacer sequences in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris).

    Thomas Schmidt;T Schwarzacher;J S Heslop-Harrison

  • Induction of infectious petunia vein clearing (pararetro) virus from endogenous provirus in petunia

    Katja R. Richert‐Pöggeler;Faiza Noreen;Trude Schwarzacher;Glyn Harper

  • The chromosomal organization of simple sequence repeats in wheat and rye genomes

    Angeles Cuadrado;Trude Schwarzacher

  • Detection and characterization of 1B/1R translocations in hexaploid wheat

    J S Heslop-Harrison;A R Leitch;T Schwarzacher;K Anamthawat-Jónsson

  • Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple.

    Borrell Js;Biswas Mk;Goodwin M;Blomme G

  • Possible origin of a B chromosome deduced from its DNA composition using double FISH technique

    M. D. López-León;N. Neves;N. Neves;T. Schwarzacher;J. S. (Pat) Heslop-Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

J. S. Heslop-Harrison
J. S. Heslop-Harrison University of Leicester
Andrew R. Leitch
Andrew R. Leitch Queen Mary University of London
Michael D. Bennett
Michael D. Bennett Royal Botanic Gardens
Graham Moore
Graham Moore John Innes Centre
Thomas Hohn
Thomas Hohn University of Basel
Dieter Schweizer
Dieter Schweizer Austrian Academy of Sciences
Ilia J. Leitch
Ilia J. Leitch Royal Botanic Gardens
Katherine J. Willis
Katherine J. Willis University of Oxford
Ming Li Wang
Ming Li Wang Agricultural Research Service
David D. Baltensperger
David D. Baltensperger Texas A&M University

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