List of works - Andrew R. Leitch

250 years of hybridization between two biennial herb species without speciation ⬇️

scientific article

A genetic appraisal of a new synthetic Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae) and the Kostoff synthetic tobacco

scientific article published in June 2006

A genome for gnetophytes and early evolution of seed plants

scientific article

A plant culture (BY-2) widely used in molecular and cell studies is genetically unstable and highly heterogeneous

article

A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland

scientific article published on 10 January 2022

An evolutionary change in telomere sequence motif within the plant section Asparagales had significance for telomere nucleoprotein complexes.

scientific article

Analysis of the giant genomes of Fritillaria (Liliaceae) indicates that a lack of DNA removal characterizes extreme expansions in genome size

scientific article

Analysis of two abundant, highly related satellites in the allotetraploid Nicotiana arentsii using double-strand conformation polymorphism analysis and sequencing

scientific article published on 21 July 2011

Angiosperms Are Unique among Land Plant Lineages in the Occurrence of Key Genes in the RNA-Directed DNA Methylation (RdDM) Pathway

scientific article

Asparagales telomerases which synthesize the human type of telomeres

scientific article published in March 2006

Astonishing 35S rDNA diversity in the gymnosperm species Cycas revoluta Thunb

scientific article

Bigger genomes provide environment‐dependent growth benefits in grasses

scientific article published in 2024

Calculate the QT interval in patients taking drugs for dementia

scientific article

Characterisation of an unusual telomere motif (TTTTTTAGGG)n in the plant Cestrum elegans (Solanaceae), a species with a large genome.

scientific article published on May 2015

Chromosomal and molecular characterization of 5S rRNA genes in the North American abalones Haliotis rufescens Swainson (red abalone) and H. fulgens Philippi (blue abalone)

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

Chromosomal diversification and karyotype evolution of diploids in the cytologically diverse genus Prospero (Hyacinthaceae).

scientific article

Chromosome and genome size variation inLuzula(Juncaceae), a genus with holocentric chromosomes

scientific article published in 2012

Chromosome arrangements in human fibroblasts at mitosis

scientific article published on 01 November 1991

Chromosome structure and composition ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Chromosome studies in Orchidaceae: karyotype divergence in Neotropical genera in subtribe Maxillariinae

scientific article published in 2012

Comparative genomics and repetitive sequence divergence in the species of diploidNicotianasection Alatae

article

Concerted evolution of rDNA in recently formed Tragopogon allotetraploids is typically associated with an inverse correlation between gene copy number and expression

scientific article

Conserved gene order belies rapid genome turnover: The dynamic interplay between genomic DNA and the outside world

article

Construction of a chromosome-enriched HpaII library from flow-sorted wheat chromosomes.

scientific article

Contrasting evolutionary dynamics between angiosperm and mammalian genomes

scientific article published on 06 August 2009

Cytogenetic features of rRNA genes across land plants: analysis of the Plant rDNA database.

scientific article

Dedifferentiation of tobacco cells is associated with ribosomal RNA gene hypomethylation, increased transcription, and chromatin alterations

article

Differential dynamics of transposable elements during long-term diploidization of Nicotiana section Repandae (Solanaceae) allopolyploid genomes

scientific article

Differential impact of retrotransposon populations on the genome of allotetraploid tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

scientific article published on 21 March 2007

Diploidization and genome size change in allopolyploids is associated with differential dynamics of low- and high-copy sequences

scientific article

Dynamic changes in the distribution of a satellite homologous to intergenic 26-18S rDNA spacer in the evolution of Nicotiana

scientific article

Early consequences of allopolyploidy alter floral evolution in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

scientific article published in 2019

Endogenous pararetrovirus sequences associated with 24 nt small RNAs at the centromeres of Fritillaria imperialis L. (Liliaceae), a species with a giant genome

scientific article published on 4 November 2014

Enzymatic Treatment of Plant Material to Spread Chromosomes for In Situ Hybridization

article

Evolution and structure of 5S rDNA loci in allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum and its putative parental species

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Evolution of 5S rDNA unit arrays in the plant genus Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

article

Evolution of rDNA in Nicotiana allopolyploids: a potential link between rDNA homogenization and epigenetics

scientific article published on 29 February 2008

Evolutionary and functional potential of ploidy increase within individual plants: somatic ploidy mapping of the complex labellum of sexually deceptive bee orchids.

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements and satellite DNAs in polyploid Spartina species

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

Evolutionary implications of permanent odd polyploidy in the stable sexual, pentaploid of Rosa canina L.

scientific article

Evolutionary relationships in the medicinally important genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae).

scientific article published on 11 August 2014

Exploring environmental selection on genome size in angiosperms

scientific article published on 01 July 2021

Extensive chromosomal variation in a recently formed natural allopolyploid species, Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae).

scientific article published on 6 January 2012

Fall and rise of satellite repeats in allopolyploids of Nicotiana over c. 5 million years.

scientific article

Flow cytometric analysis of the chromosomes and stability of a wheat cell-culture line.

scientific article

Flow cytometry and GISH reveal mixed ploidy populations and Spartina nonaploids with genomes of S. alterniflora and S. maritima origin

scientific article

Fluorescent in situ hybridization and characterization of the SalI family of satellite repeats in the Haliotis L. species (abalone) of the Northeast Pacific.

scientific article published in August 2008

Gene conversion of ribosomal DNA in Nicotiana tabacum is associated with undermethylated, decondensed and probably active gene units

article

Genome Insights into Autopolyploid Evolution: A Case Study in Senecio doronicum (Asteraceae) from the Southern Alps

scientific article published on 02 May 2022

Genome Size Diversity and Evolution in Land Plants

article

Genome Size Dynamics and Evolution in Monocots

article

Genome size and ploidy influence angiosperm species' biomass under nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

Genome size diversity in angiosperms and its influence on gene space

scientific article

Genome-wide repeat dynamics reflect phylogenetic distance in closely related allotetraploid Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

scientific article published on 01 November 2016

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

scientific article published in September 1992

Genomic repeat abundances contain phylogenetic signal.

scientific article

Higher levels of organization in the interphase nucleus of cycling and differentiated cells.

scientific article

Impact of genomic diversity in river ecosystems

scientific article published on 18 January 2014

Impacts of Nitrogen and Phosphorus: From Genomes to Natural Ecosystems and Agriculture

scientific article published in 2017

Independent, rapid and targeted loss of highly repetitive DNA in natural and synthetic allopolyploids of Nicotiana tabacum.

scientific article

Interactions between plant genome size, nutrients and herbivory by rabbits, molluscs and insects on a temperate grassland

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Intragenic Recombination Events and Evidence for Hybrid Speciation in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

article

Is There an Upper Limit to Genome Size?

scientific article

Is hybridisation with non‐native congeneric species a threat to the UK native bluebell <scp>Hyacinthoides non‐scripta</scp>?

scientific article published in 2023

Is post-polyploidization diploidization the key to the evolutionary success of angiosperms?

scientific article published in 2015

Linkage of 35S and 5S rRNA genes in Artemisia (family Asteraceae): first evidence from angiosperms

scientific article

Long-term genome diploidization in allopolyploid Nicotiana section Repandae (Solanaceae)

scientific article published in 2005

Mega‐sized pericentromeric blocks of simple telomeric repeats and their variants reveal patterns of chromosome evolution in ancient Cycadales genomes

scientific article published in 2022

Minisatellite telomeres occur in the family Alliaceae but are lost in Allium.

scientific article

Molecular cytogenetic analyses and phylogenetic studies in the Nicotiana section Tomentosae

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Molecular cytogenetic analysis of recently evolved Tragopogon (Asteraceae) allopolyploids reveal a karyotype that is additive of the diploid progenitors.

scientific article

Molecular cytogenetic analysis of repeated sequences in a long term wheat suspension culture

article

Molecular cytogenetics and tandem repeat sequence evolution in the allopolyploid Nicotiana rustica compared with diploid progenitors N. paniculata and N. undulata

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Molecular structure and chromosome distribution of three repetitive DNA families in Anemone hortensis L. (Ranunculaceae).

scientific article

Multiple Origins and Nested Cycles of Hybridization Result in High Tetraploid Diversity in the Monocot Prospero.

scientific article

Next Generation Sequencing Reveals Genome Downsizing in Allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum, Predominantly through the Elimination of Paternally Derived Repetitive DNAs

scientific article published on 21 April 2011

Next generation sequencing analysis reveals a relationship between rDNA unit diversity and locus number in Nicotiana diploids

scientific article

Next-generation sequencing and genome evolution in allopolyploids.

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Nuclear glutamine synthetase evolution in Nicotiana: phylogenetics and the origins of allotetraploid and homoploid (diploid) hybrids

scientific article published on 8 October 2009

Origin and parental genome characterization of the allotetraploid Stylosanthes scabra Vogel (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae), an important legume pasture crop

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Parental origin and genome evolution in the allopolyploid Iris versicolor.

scientific article published on 25 June 2007

Parental transposable element loads influence their dynamics in young Nicotiana hybrids and allotetraploids

scientific article published on 22 October 2018

Patterns of telomere length with age in African mole-rats: New insights from quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridisation (qFISH)

scientific article published on 04 December 2020

Persistence, dispersal and genetic evolution of recently formed Spartina homoploid hybrids and allopolyploids in Southern England

article

Phylogenetic reconstruction of Aegilops section Sitopsis and the evolution of tandem repeats in the diploids and derived wheat polyploids

scientific article published in August 2006

Phylogenetic relationships in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) inferred from multiple plastid DNA regions

scientific article published in October 2004

Plant genome size modulates grassland community responses to multi‐nutrient additions

scientific article published in 2022

Potential of Herbariomics for Studying Repetitive DNA in Angiosperms

scholarly article

Preferential elimination of repeated DNA sequences from the paternal, Nicotiana tomentosiformis genome donor of a synthetic, allotetraploid tobacco

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

RECONSTRUCTING THE COMPLEX EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF WILD ALLOPOLYPLOID TOBACCOS (NICOTIANASECTIONSUAVEOLENTES)

Rapid chromosome evolution in recently formed polyploids in Tragopogon (Asteraceae).

scientific article

Rapid evolution of parental rDNA in a synthetic tobacco allotetraploid line

scientific article

Recurrent allopolyploidizations diversify ecophysiological traits in marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majaliss.l.)

scientific article published in 2023

Remarkable variation of ribosomal DNA organization and copy number in gnetophytes, a distinct lineage of gymnosperms

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Repeat-sequence turnover shifts fundamentally in species with large genomes

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Repetitive DNA Restructuring Across Multiple Nicotiana Allopolyploidisation Events Shows a Lack of Strong Cytoplasmic Bias in Influencing Repeat Turnover

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Review of the Application of Modern Cytogenetic Methods (FISH/GISH) to the Study of Reticulation (Polyploidy/Hybridisation).

scientific article

Ribosomal DNA evolution and gene conversion in Nicotiana rustica.

scientific article

Ribosomal RNA genes evolution in Tragopogon: A story of New and Old World allotetraploids and the synthetic lines

scientific article published on April 2011

Satellite DNA in Paphiopedilum subgenus Parvisepalum as revealed by high-throughput sequencing and fluorescent in situ hybridization

scientific article published on 02 August 2018

Sequence of events leading to near-complete genome turnover in allopolyploid Nicotiana within five million years

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Silenced rRNA genes are activated and substitute for partially eliminated active homeologs in the recently formed allotetraploid, Tragopogon mirus (Asteraceae).

scientific article published on 24 December 2014

Similar patterns of rDNA evolution in synthetic and recently formed natural populations of Tragopogon (Asteraceae) allotetraploids

scientific article

Single integration and spread of a Copia-like sequence nested in rDNA intergenic spacers of Allium cernuum (Alliaceae).

scientific article published on 28 May 2010

Techniques in plant telomere biology.

scientific article

Telomere variability in the monocotyledonous plant order Asparagales.

scientific article

Telomeres in evolution and evolution of telomeres

scientific article

The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts

scientific article published on 12 July 2021

The absence of Arabidopsis-type telomeres in Cestrum and closely related genera Vestia and Sessea (Solanaceae): first evidence from eudicots

scientific article

The asymmetric meiosis in pentaploid dogroses (Rosa sect. Caninae) is associated with a skewed distribution of rRNA gene families in the gametes.

scientific article published on 23 July 2008

The ecology of palm genomes: repeat‐associated genome size expansion is constrained by aridity

scientific article published in 2022

The effect of polyploidy and hybridization on the evolution of floral colour in Nicotiana (Solanaceae).

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

The influence of 5-azacytidine on the condensation of the short arm of rye chromosome 1R in Triticum aestivum L. root tip meristematic nuclei ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 1997

The origin and evolution of geminivirus-related DNA sequences in Nicotiana.

scientific article published in April 2004

The origin of tobacco's T genome is traced to a particular lineage within Nicotiana tomentosiformis (Solanaceae).

scientific article

The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactions.

scientific article

The signature of the Cestrum genome suggests an evolutionary response to the loss of (TTTAGGG)n telomeres.

scientific article published on 3 October 2003

The spatial localization of homologous chromosomes in human fibroblasts at mitosis.

scientific article

The volumes and morphology of human chromosomes in mitotic reconstructions

scientific article published on 01 December 1989

Transcription activity of rRNA genes correlates with a tendency towards intergenomic homogenization in Nicotiana allotetraploids

article

Transgressive phenotypes and generalist pollination in the floral evolution of Nicotiana polyploids

scientific article

Using genomic repeats for phylogenomics: a case study in wild tomatoes (SolanumsectionLycopersicon: Solanaceae)

Variability in CpNpG methylation in higher plant genomes

article

Why size really matters when sequencing plant genomes

article

Wild and agronomically importantAgavespecies (Asparagaceae) show proportional increases in chromosome number, genome size, and genetic markers with increasing ploidy

article

List of works by Andrew R. Leitch

250 years of hybridization between two biennial herb species without speciation ⬇️

A genetic appraisal of a new synthetic Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae) and the Kostoff synthetic tobacco

A genome for gnetophytes and early evolution of seed plants

A plant culture (BY-2) widely used in molecular and cell studies is genetically unstable and highly heterogeneous

A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland

An evolutionary change in telomere sequence motif within the plant section Asparagales had significance for telomere nucleoprotein complexes.

Analysis of the giant genomes of Fritillaria (Liliaceae) indicates that a lack of DNA removal characterizes extreme expansions in genome size

Analysis of two abundant, highly related satellites in the allotetraploid Nicotiana arentsii using double-strand conformation polymorphism analysis and sequencing

Angiosperms Are Unique among Land Plant Lineages in the Occurrence of Key Genes in the RNA-Directed DNA Methylation (RdDM) Pathway

Asparagales telomerases which synthesize the human type of telomeres

Astonishing 35S rDNA diversity in the gymnosperm species Cycas revoluta Thunb

Bigger genomes provide environment‐dependent growth benefits in grasses

Calculate the QT interval in patients taking drugs for dementia

Characterisation of an unusual telomere motif (TTTTTTAGGG)n in the plant Cestrum elegans (Solanaceae), a species with a large genome.

Chromosomal and molecular characterization of 5S rRNA genes in the North American abalones Haliotis rufescens Swainson (red abalone) and H. fulgens Philippi (blue abalone)

Chromosomal diversification and karyotype evolution of diploids in the cytologically diverse genus Prospero (Hyacinthaceae).

Chromosome and genome size variation inLuzula(Juncaceae), a genus with holocentric chromosomes

Chromosome arrangements in human fibroblasts at mitosis

Chromosome structure and composition ⬇️

Chromosome studies in Orchidaceae: karyotype divergence in Neotropical genera in subtribe Maxillariinae

Comparative genomics and repetitive sequence divergence in the species of diploidNicotianasection Alatae

Concerted evolution of rDNA in recently formed Tragopogon allotetraploids is typically associated with an inverse correlation between gene copy number and expression

Conserved gene order belies rapid genome turnover: The dynamic interplay between genomic DNA and the outside world

Construction of a chromosome-enriched HpaII library from flow-sorted wheat chromosomes.

Contrasting evolutionary dynamics between angiosperm and mammalian genomes

Cytogenetic features of rRNA genes across land plants: analysis of the Plant rDNA database.

Dedifferentiation of tobacco cells is associated with ribosomal RNA gene hypomethylation, increased transcription, and chromatin alterations

Differential dynamics of transposable elements during long-term diploidization of Nicotiana section Repandae (Solanaceae) allopolyploid genomes

Differential impact of retrotransposon populations on the genome of allotetraploid tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Diploidization and genome size change in allopolyploids is associated with differential dynamics of low- and high-copy sequences

Dynamic changes in the distribution of a satellite homologous to intergenic 26-18S rDNA spacer in the evolution of Nicotiana

Early consequences of allopolyploidy alter floral evolution in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

Endogenous pararetrovirus sequences associated with 24 nt small RNAs at the centromeres of Fritillaria imperialis L. (Liliaceae), a species with a giant genome

Enzymatic Treatment of Plant Material to Spread Chromosomes for In Situ Hybridization

Evolution and structure of 5S rDNA loci in allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum and its putative parental species

Evolution of 5S rDNA unit arrays in the plant genus Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

Evolution of rDNA in Nicotiana allopolyploids: a potential link between rDNA homogenization and epigenetics

Evolutionary and functional potential of ploidy increase within individual plants: somatic ploidy mapping of the complex labellum of sexually deceptive bee orchids.

Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements and satellite DNAs in polyploid Spartina species

Evolutionary implications of permanent odd polyploidy in the stable sexual, pentaploid of Rosa canina L.

Evolutionary relationships in the medicinally important genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae).

Exploring environmental selection on genome size in angiosperms

Extensive chromosomal variation in a recently formed natural allopolyploid species, Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae).

Fall and rise of satellite repeats in allopolyploids of Nicotiana over c. 5 million years.

Flow cytometric analysis of the chromosomes and stability of a wheat cell-culture line.

Flow cytometry and GISH reveal mixed ploidy populations and Spartina nonaploids with genomes of S. alterniflora and S. maritima origin

Fluorescent in situ hybridization and characterization of the SalI family of satellite repeats in the Haliotis L. species (abalone) of the Northeast Pacific.

Gene conversion of ribosomal DNA in Nicotiana tabacum is associated with undermethylated, decondensed and probably active gene units

Genome Insights into Autopolyploid Evolution: A Case Study in <i>Senecio doronicum</i> (Asteraceae) from the Southern Alps

Genome Size Diversity and Evolution in Land Plants

Genome Size Dynamics and Evolution in Monocots

Genome size and ploidy influence angiosperm species' biomass under nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

Genome size diversity in angiosperms and its influence on gene space

Genome-wide repeat dynamics reflect phylogenetic distance in closely related allotetraploid Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

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

Genomic repeat abundances contain phylogenetic signal.

Higher levels of organization in the interphase nucleus of cycling and differentiated cells.

Impact of genomic diversity in river ecosystems

Impacts of Nitrogen and Phosphorus: From Genomes to Natural Ecosystems and Agriculture

Independent, rapid and targeted loss of highly repetitive DNA in natural and synthetic allopolyploids of Nicotiana tabacum.

Interactions between plant genome size, nutrients and herbivory by rabbits, molluscs and insects on a temperate grassland

Intragenic Recombination Events and Evidence for Hybrid Speciation in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

Is There an Upper Limit to Genome Size?

Is hybridisation with non‐native congeneric species a threat to the UK native bluebell <scp><i>Hyacinthoides non‐scripta</i></scp>?

Is post-polyploidization diploidization the key to the evolutionary success of angiosperms?

Linkage of 35S and 5S rRNA genes in Artemisia (family Asteraceae): first evidence from angiosperms

Long-term genome diploidization in allopolyploid Nicotiana section Repandae (Solanaceae)

Mega‐sized pericentromeric blocks of simple telomeric repeats and their variants reveal patterns of chromosome evolution in ancient Cycadales genomes

Minisatellite telomeres occur in the family Alliaceae but are lost in Allium.

Molecular cytogenetic analyses and phylogenetic studies in the Nicotiana section Tomentosae

Molecular cytogenetic analysis of recently evolved Tragopogon (Asteraceae) allopolyploids reveal a karyotype that is additive of the diploid progenitors.

Molecular cytogenetic analysis of repeated sequences in a long term wheat suspension culture

Molecular cytogenetics and tandem repeat sequence evolution in the allopolyploid Nicotiana rustica compared with diploid progenitors N. paniculata and N. undulata

Molecular structure and chromosome distribution of three repetitive DNA families in Anemone hortensis L. (Ranunculaceae).

Multiple Origins and Nested Cycles of Hybridization Result in High Tetraploid Diversity in the Monocot Prospero.

Next Generation Sequencing Reveals Genome Downsizing in Allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum, Predominantly through the Elimination of Paternally Derived Repetitive DNAs

Next generation sequencing analysis reveals a relationship between rDNA unit diversity and locus number in Nicotiana diploids

Next-generation sequencing and genome evolution in allopolyploids.

Nuclear glutamine synthetase evolution in Nicotiana: phylogenetics and the origins of allotetraploid and homoploid (diploid) hybrids