Publications

Caetano-Anollés G (1998). Genetic instability of bermudagrass (Cynodon) cultivars 'Tifgreen' and 'Tifdrawf' detected by DAF and ASAP analysis of accession and off-types. Euphytica 101: 165-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018392623408   Caetano-Anollés G, Callahan LM and Gresshoff PM (1997). The origin of bermudagrass (Cynodon) offTypes inferred by DNA amplification fingerprinting. Crop Sci. 37: 81-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1997.0011183X003700010013x   Dong KH and Shen YX (2003). Forage Production Science. China Agricultural Press, Beijing.   Ellegren H (2004). Microsatellites: simple sequences with complex evolution. Nat. Rev. Genet. 5: 435-445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg1348 PMid:15153996   Guo HL, Liu JX, Gao H, He Q, et al. (2007). Establishment of DNA fingerprint for eleven new strains of Zoysia japonica by SSR. Acta Pratacult. Sin. 16: 53-59.   Harlan JR and De Wet JMJ (1968). Sources of variation in Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Crop Sci. 9: 774-778. http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1969.0011183X000900060031x   Liu W (2006). Genetic Diversity of Wild Cynodon dactylon Germplasm in Southwest of China and Lawny Value Study. Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan.   Liu W, Zhang XQ, Li F, Ma X, et al. (2007). Genetic diversity of bermudagrass accessions in south-west China by ISSR molecular markers and geographic provenance. Acta Pratacult. Sin. 16: 55-61.   Liu W, Zhang XQ, Li F and Ma X (2008). Genetic Diversity of Cynodon dactylon accessions based on RAMP markers in hengduan mountains from southwest of China. Seed 27: 56-59.   Lu J, Lu YY, Li JQ, Zhan QW, et al. (2009). Simple sequence repeat (SSR) primer designing and construction of a genetic map of Sorghum bicolor x S. sudanense. Chin. J. Grassland 31: 28-33.   Mehmet K, Sukumar S, Allan Z, Johnie NJ, et al. (2002). Genetic diversity among forage bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.): evidence from chloroplast and nuclear DNA fingerprinting. Crop Sci. 42: 2118-2127. http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2002.2118   Nei M and Li WH (1979). Mathematical model for studying genetic variation in terms of restriction endonucleases. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 76: 5269-5273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.76.10.5269 PMid:291943 PMCid:413122   Oliveira ED, Pádua JG, Zucchi MI, Vencovsky R, et al. (2006). Origin, evolution and genome distribution of microsatellites. Genet. Mol. Biol. 29: 294-307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1415-47572006000200018   Persson K, Diaz O and von Bothmer R (2001). Extent and patterns of RAPD variation in landraces and cultivars of rye (Secale cereale L.) from northern Europe. Hereditas 134: 237-243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5223.2001.00237.x PMid:11833287   Reichardt M and Rogers S (1997). Preparation of Genomic DNA From Plant Tissue. In: Current Protocols in Molecular Biology (Ausubel FM, Brent R, Kingston RE and Moore DD, eds.). JohnWiley & Sons, New York, 233-237. PMid:16535489 PMCid:1389103   Richardson WL, Taliaferro CM and Ahring RM (1978). Fertility of eight bermudagrass clones and open-pollinated progeny from them. Crop Sci. 18: 332-334. http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1978.0011183X001800020035x   Rohlf FJ (2000). NTSYSpc: Numerical Taxonomy and Multivariate Analysis System. Version 2.11x. Exeter Software, Setauket, New York.   Roldán-Ruiz I, Dendauw J, Van Bockstaele E, Depicker A, et al. (2000). AFLP markers reveal high polymorphic rates in ryegrasses (Lolium spp.). Mol. Breed. 6: 125-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1009680614564   Roodt R, Spies JJ and Burger TH (2002). Preliminary DNA fingerprinting of the turfgrass Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae: Chloridoideae). Bothalia 32: 117-122.   Taliaferro CM (1995). Diversity and vulnerability of bermuda turfgrass species. Crop Sci. 35: 327-332. http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1995.0011183X003500020006x   Tan JQ (1993). Chinese Ground Covers of Lawn. Science and Technology Literature Press, Beijing.   Wachira FN, Waugh R, Hackett CA and Powell W (1995). Detection of genetic diversity in tea (Camellia sinensis) using RAPD markers. Genome 38: 201-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/g95-025 PMid:7774794   Wang ML, Barkley NA, Yu JK, Dean RE, et al. (2005). Transfer of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from major cereal crops to minor grass species for germplasm characterization and evaluation. Plant Genet. Res. 3: 45-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/PGR200461   Wu YQ, Taliaferro CM, Bai GH and Anderson MP (2004). AFLP analysis of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon genetic variation. Genome 47: 689-696. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/g04-032 PMid:15284873   Xu SB, Tao YF, Yang ZQ and Chu JY (2002). A simple and rapid methods used for silver staining and gel preservation. Yi Chuan 24: 335-336. PMid:16126695   Yi YJ, Zhang XQ, Huang LK, Ling Y, et al. (2008). Genetic diversity of wild Cynodon dactylon germplasm detected by SRAP markers. Yi. Chuan 30: 94-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1005.2008.00094 PMid:18244909   Zhan QW, Li JQ, Wang BH and Li YF (2008). Establishment of DNA fingerprinting for 42 sorghum and sudangrass accessions and 2 sorghum-sudangrass hybrids. Acta Pratacult. Sin. 17: 85-92.   Zhao RZ (1997). A study of the physico-geographical regionalization in southwest region. J. Southwest China Normal Univ. 22: 193-198.

Boerboom D, Pilon N, Behdjani R, Silversides DW, et al. (2000). Expression and regulation of transcripts encoding two members of the NR5A nuclear receptor subfamily of orphan nuclear receptors, steroidogenic factor-1 and NR5A2, in equine ovarian cells during the ovulatory process. Endocrinology 141: 4647-4656. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.141.12.4647 PMid:11108279   Brännström M, Lind AK and Dahm-Kähler P (2010). Ovulation: A molecular view. Reprod. Endocrinol. Infertil. 119-132.   Burger LL, Haisenleder DJ, Aylor KW and Marshall JC (2008). Regulation of intracellular signaling cascades by GNRH pulse frequency in the rat pituitary: roles for CaMK II, ERK, and JNK activation. Biol. Reprod. 79: 947-953. http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.108.070987 PMid:18716286 PMCid:2574636   Cheung VG and Spielman RS (2002). The genetics of variation in gene expression. Nat. Genet. 32: 522-525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng1036 PMid:12454648   Contijoch AM, Malamed S, McDonald JK and Advis JP (1993). Neuropeptide Y regulation of LHRH release in the median eminence: immunocytochemical and physiological evidence in hens. Neuroendocrinology 57: 135-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000126353 PMid:8479609   Crawford JL, Heath DA, Haydon LJ, Thomson BP, et al. (2009). Gene expression and secretion of LH and FSH in relation to gene expression of GnRH receptors in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) demonstrates highly conserved mechanisms. Reproduction 137: 129-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/REP-08-0347 PMid:18818271   Dunn IC, Lewis PD, Wilson PW and Sharp PJ (2003). Acceleration of maturation of FSH and LH responses to photostimulation in prepubertal domestic hens by oestrogen. Reproduction 126: 217-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/rep.0.1260217 PMid:12887278   Fayard E, Auwerx J and Schoonjans K (2004). LRH-1: an orphan nuclear receptor involved in development, metabolism and steroidogenesis. Trends Cell Biol. 14: 250-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcb.2004.03.008 PMid:15130581   Fisher CR, Graves KH, Parlow AF and Simpson ER (1998). Characterization of mice deficient in aromatase (ArKO) because of targeted disruption of the cyp19 gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 95: 6965-6970. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.12.6965 PMid:9618522 PMCid:22703   Gershon E, Hourvitz A, Reikhav S, Maman E, et al. (2007). Low expression of COX-2, reduced cumulus expansion, and impaired ovulation in SULT1E1-deficient mice. FASEB J. 21: 1893-1901. http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.06-7688com PMid:17341680   Haisenleder DJ, Ferris HA and Shupnik MA (2003a). The calcium component of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated luteinizing hormone subunit gene transcription is mediated by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II. Endocrinology 144: 2409-2416. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2002-0013 PMid:12746302   Haisenleder DJ, Burger LL, Aylor KW, Dalkin AC, et al. (2003b). Gonadotropin-releasing hormone stimulation of gonadotropin subunit transcription: evidence for the involvement of calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (Ca/ CAMK II) activation in rat pituitaries. Endocrinology 144: 2768-2774. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2002-0168 PMid:12810529   Kahl CR and Means AR (2003). Regulation of cell cycle progression by calcium/calmodulin-dependent pathways. Endocr. Rev. 24: 719-736. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/er.2003-0008 PMid:14671000   Kudo T and Sutou S (2006). Chicken LRH-1 gene is transcribed from multiple promoters in steroidogenic organs. Gene 367: 38-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2005.08.026 PMid:16403608   Linville RC, Pomp D, Johnson RK and Rothschild MF (2001). Candidate gene analysis for loci affecting litter size and ovulation rate in swine. J. Anim. Sci. 79: 60-67. PMid:11204716   Livak KJ and Schmittgen TD (2001). Analysis of relative gene expression data using real-time quantitative PCR and the 2-ΔΔCt Method. Methods 25: 402-408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/meth.2001.1262 PMid:11846609   Mueller M, Cima I, Noti M, Fuhrer A, et al. (2006). The nuclear receptor LRH-1 critically regulates extra-adrenal glucocorticoid synthesis in the intestine. J. Exp. Med. 203: 2057-2062. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20060357 PMid:16923850 PMCid:2118403   Patsoula E, Loutradis D, Drakakis P, Kallianidis K, et al. (2001). Expression of mRNA for the LH and FSH receptors in mouse oocytes and preimplantation embryos. Reproduction 121: 455-461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/rep.0.1210455 PMid:11226072   Roberson MS, Bliss SP, Xie J, Navratil AM, et al. (2005). Gonadotropin-releasing hormone induction of extracellular-signal regulated kinase is blocked by inhibition of calmodulin. Mol. Endocrinol. 19: 2412-2423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/me.2005-0094 PMid:15890671   Semiz O and Evirgen O (2009). The effect of growth hormone on ovarian follicular response and oocyte nuclear maturation in young and aged mice. Acta Histochem. 111: 104-111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acthis.2008.04.007 PMid:18674800   Sharp PJ, Dunn IC and Cerolini S (1992). Neuroendocrine control of reduced persistence of egg-laying in domestic hens: evidence for the development of photorefractoriness. J. Reprod. Fertil. 94: 221-235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0940221 PMid:1552483   Sun YM, Dunn IC, Baines E, Talbot RT, et al. (2001). Distribution and regulation by oestrogen of fully processed and variant transcripts of gonadotropin releasing hormone I and gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor mRNAs in the male chicken. J. Neuroendocrinol. 13: 37-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2826.2001.00587.x PMid:11123514   Weng G, Bhalla US and Iyengar R (1999). Complexity in biological signaling systems. Science 284: 92-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.284.5411.92 PMid:10102825   Zhu M and Zhao S (2007). Candidate gene identification approach: progress and challenges. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 3: 420-427. http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.3.420 PMid:17998950 PMCid:2043166

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Genetic variation in the endangered and endemic species Changium smyrnioides (Apiaceae). Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 32: 583-596. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2003.08.004   Schoen DJ and Brown AH (1991). Intraspecific variation in population gene diversity and effective population size correlates with the mating system in plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 88: 4494-4497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.88.10.4494 PMid:11607182 PMCid:51687   Shumaker KM and Babble GR (1980). Patterns of allozymic similarity in ecologically central and marginal populations of Hordeum jubatum in Utah. Evolution 34: 110-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2408319   Slatkin M (1987). Gene flow and the geographic structure of natural populations. Science 236: 787-792. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.3576198 PMid:3576198   Stevens L, Salomon B and Sun GL (2007). Microsatellite variability and heterozygote excess in Elymus trachycaulus populations from British Columbia in Canada. Biochem. Syst. 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