Wesley G. Hancock

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Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:40

2020 journal article

Identification and editing of a hybrid lethality gene expands the range of interspecific hybridization potential in Nicotiana

THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, 133(10), 2915–2925.

By: J. Ma n, W. Hancock n, J. Nifong n, S. Kernodle n & R. Lewis n 

MeSH headings : CRISPR-Cas Systems; Crosses, Genetic; DNA Transposable Elements; Gene Editing; Genes, Lethal; Genes, Plant; Hybridization, Genetic; Tobacco / genetics
TL;DR: Gene editing was used to verify that Nt6549g30 is the gene at the N. tabacum Hybrid Lethality 1 (NtHL1) locus controlling the hybrid lethality reaction in crosses with N. africana and demonstrate the possibility of expanding the gene pool for a crop species through gene editing. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: July 20, 2020

2019 journal article

Introgression Analysis and Morphological Characterization of an Arachis hypogaea x A. diogoi Interspecific Hybrid Derived Population

CROP SCIENCE, 59(2), 640–649.

By: W. Hancock n, S. Tallury*, T. Isleib n, Y. Chu *, P. Ozias-Akins * & H. Stalker  n

TL;DR: This introgression population demonstrates the potential of using wild diploid Arachis species for peanut improvement and has great potential for use in cultivated peanut breeding programs. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: April 2, 2019

2017 journal article

Heterosis, transmission genetics, and selection for increased growth rate in a N. tabacum x synthetic tobacco cross

MOLECULAR BREEDING, 37(4).

By: W. Hancock n & R. Lewis n 

author keywords: Nicotiana; Tobacco; Synthetic amphidiploid; Yield; Growth rate; Genetic variability
TL;DR: Crosses between N. tabacum and synthetic tobaccos may provide superior routes for genome-wide introgression from diploid relatives and allow increased potential to capitalize on heterotic effects in tobacco, suggesting populations derived from N.tabacum × synthetic tobacco crosses may be more efficient for introgressing germplasm from diPloid relatives. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Identification of maternal haploids of Nicotiana tabacum aided by transgenic expression of green fluorescent protein: evidence for chromosome elimination in the N-tabacum x N-africana interspecific cross

MOLECULAR BREEDING, 35(9).

By: W. Hancock n, V. Kuraparthy n , S. Kernodle n & R. Lewis n 

author keywords: Nicotiana; Haploids; Hybrid lethality; Tobacco; Chromosome elimination; Parthenogenesis
TL;DR: The results present evidence of genetic instability in progeny from the N. africana cross and suggest that, in contrast to previous belief, chromosome elimination may play at least a partial role in the generation of haploids from this cross. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

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