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  • 1982 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

William James Peacock is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad areas, their work focuses on subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Biochemistry.

The main topics addressed in their research include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant and Animal Studies, Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica, Lipid Metabolism and Biosynthesis, and Plant Reproductive Biology.

Their recent scholarly output includes several research papers published primarily in plant science journals. Notable papers include:

  • Leaf growth in early development is key to biomass heterosis in Arabidopsis (2020, Journal of Experimental Botany)
  • Early Establishment of Photosynthesis and Auxin Biosynthesis Plays a Key Role in Early Biomass Heterosis in Brassica napus (Canola) Hybrids (2020, Plant and Cell Physiology)
  • Arabidopsis Col/Ler and Ws/Ler hybrids and Hybrid Mimics produce seed yield heterosis through increased height, inflorescence branch and silique number (2020, Planta)
  • Rice hybrid mimics have stable yields equivalent to those of the F1 hybrid and suggest a basis for hybrid vigour (2021, Planta)

Frequent coauthors in their research include Elizabeth S. Dennis, Lı Wang, You Zhang, Pei-Chuan Liu, and Robert T. Furbank. Their work is often published in the journals Planta, Journal of Experimental Botany, and Plant and Cell Physiology, with Planta hosting multiple publications.

William James Peacock was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 1982.

Best Publications

  • The FLF MADS Box Gene: A Repressor of Flowering in Arabidopsis Regulated by Vernalization and Methylation

    Candice C. Sheldon;Joanne E. Burn;Pascual P. Perez;Jim Metzger

  • Reduced DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana results in abnormal plant development

    E J Finnegan;W J Peacock;E S Dennis

  • The molecular basis of vernalization: The central role of FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC)

    C C Sheldon;D T Rouse;E J Finnegan;W J Peacock

  • Fertilization-independent seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana

    A M Chaudhury;L Ming;C Miller;S Craig

  • MINISEED3 (MINI3), a WRKY family gene, and HAIKU2 (IKU2), a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) KINASE gene, are regulators of seed size in Arabidopsis.

    Ming Luo;Elizabeth S. Dennis;Frederic Berger;William James Peacock

  • Genes controlling fertilization-independent seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Ming Luo;Pierre Bilodeau;Anna Koltunow;Elizabeth S. Dennis

  • Expression and parent-of-origin effects for FIS2, MEA, and FIE in the endosperm and embryo of developing Arabidopsis seeds

    M Luo;P Bilodeau;E S Dennis;W J Peacock

  • DNA METHYLATION IN PLANTS

    E. J. Finnegan;R. K. Genger;W. J. Peacock;E. S. Dennis

  • MADS box genes control vernalization-induced flowering in cereals

    Ben Trevaskis;David J. Bagnall;Marc H. Ellis;W. James Peacock

  • The molecular basis of vernalization-induced flowering in cereals

    Ben Trevaskis;Megan N. Hemming;Elizabeth S. Dennis;W. James Peacock

  • Expression profile analysis of the low-oxygen response in Arabidopsis root cultures.

    Erik Jan Klok;Iain W. Wilson;Dale Wilson;Scott C. Chapman

  • DNA methylation, vernalization, and the initiation of flowering.

    J E Burn;D J Bagnall;J D Metzger;E S Dennis

  • Molecular strategies for improving waterlogging tolerance in plants

    E.S. Dennis;R. Dolferus;M. Ellis;M. Rahman

  • Chitinase, beta-1,3-glucanase, osmotin, and extensin are expressed in tobacco explants during flower formation.

    A D Neale;J A Wahleithner;M Lund;H T Bonnett

  • The CYP88A cytochrome P450, ent-kaurenoic acid oxidase, catalyzes three steps of the gibberellin biosynthesis pathway

    Helliwell Ca;Chandler Pm;Poole A;Dennis Es

  • Molecular and chromosomal organization of DNA sequences coding for the ribosomal RNAs in cereals

    R. Appels;W. L. Gerlach;E. S. Dennis;H. Swift;H. Swift

  • Highly repeated DNA sequence limited to knob heterochromatin in maize

    W. J. Peacock;E. S. Dennis;M. M. Rhoades;A. J. Pryor

  • DNA methylation, a key regulator of plant development and other processes.

    E. J. Finnegan;W. J. Peacock;E. S. Dennis

  • The Arabidopsis thaliana vernalization response requires a polycomb-like protein complex that also includes VERNALIZATION INSENSITIVE 3

    Craig C. Wood;Masumi Robertson;Greg Tanner;W. James Peacock

  • Molecular analysis of the alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (Adh2) gene of maize

    E. S. Dennis;Martin M Sachs;W. L. Gerlach;E. J. Finnegan

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth S. Dennis
Elizabeth S. Dennis Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Danny J. Llewellyn
Danny J. Llewellyn Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Wayne L. Gerlach
Wayne L. Gerlach Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
John C. Walker
John C. Walker University of Missouri
Ben Trevaskis
Ben Trevaskis Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Rudy Dolferus
Rudy Dolferus Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jeffrey G. Ellis
Jeffrey G. Ellis Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Anil Grover
Anil Grover University of Delhi
Karam B. Singh
Karam B. Singh Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Douglas L. Brutlag
Douglas L. Brutlag Stanford University

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