Maize chromosome 1 mapping of Ac/Ds induced genome rearrangements
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The Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology seeks to teach subcellular and cellular processes, genome dynamics, cell structure and function, and molecular mechanisms of development, in so doing offering a Major in Biology and a Major in Genetics.
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The Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology was founded in 2005.
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (parent college)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (parent college)
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The maize genome is dynamic with major structural differences between lines. In our line of interest structural rearrangements due to the Ac/Ds transposable element system lead to changes in kernel color. These phenotypes occur in individual kernels due to the activation or deactivation of pericarp color genes, P1 and P2. Using bioinformatics software like CoGe and Samtools along with previous sequencing data we compared our line of interest to major maize lines, B73 and w22, to find similarities and differences that could help explain phenotypic changes. While comparing and mapping our line of interest we did not find more similarity between our line and either B73 or w22. However, we did construct a model of features around the P1 and P2 genes that will be useful in further studies.