Project

Natural gene transfer of T-DNA from the agrobacterium TI-plasmid to the speetpotato genome and its role in domestication

Code
01W02112
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Evolutionary biology
    • General biology
    • Plant biology
Keywords
T-DNA transfer horizontal gene transfer evolution
 
Project description

The aim of this project is to scharacterize the complete T-DNAs found in the sweetpotato genome and their insertion sites in the genome of speetpotato and its wilt relatives. Furthermoreit will be analyzed id the sweetpotato T-DNA genes are associated with the characteristic phenotypic root thcikening in a segregating population of sweetpotato and in wild relatives.