Prof Neil Jones

Prof Neil Jones

Emeritus Professor

Department of Life Sciences

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Research Collaborations

University of Vilnius
University of St. Petersburg
Tallinn University of Biotechnology
Technical University of Lisbon
IPK Gatersleben, Germany
Kyoto University, Japan

Teaching

BS22820 Human Genetics

Research

Molecular cytogenetics of plants: including genome organisation and evolution; supernumerary B chromosome systems and their potential applications; physical mapping of plant chromosomes and introgression breeding for stress tolerance genes; meiosis, meiotic mutants in rye and tracking the early events of homology search.

Publications

Jones, N & Ruban, A 2019, 'Are B chromosomes useful for crop improvement?', Plants, People, Planet, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 84-92. 10.1002/ppp3.16
Houben, A, Jones, N, Martins, C & Trifonov, VA 2019, 'Evolution, Composition and Regulation of Supernumerary B Chromosomes', Genes, vol. 10, no. 2, 161. 10.3390/genes10020161
Jones, R 2018, 'Transmission and Drive Involving Parasitic B Chromosomes', Genes, vol. 9, no. 8, 388. 10.3390/genes9080388
Jones, RN & Langdon, T 2013, The Plant Nucleus at War and Peace: Genome Organization in the Interphase Nucleus. in J Greilhuber, J Dolezel & JF Wendel (eds), Plant Genome Diversity Volume 2: Physical Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Plant Genomes. vol. 2, Springer Nature, pp. 13-31. 10.1007/978-3-7091-1160-4_2
Jones, RN 2012, 'B chromosomes in plants', Plant Biosystems, vol. 146, no. 3, pp. 727-737. 10.1080/11263504.2012.713406
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