Publications by authors named "Tatjana A Gavrilenko"
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- Potatoes are a globally significant crop, and studying their genomic sequences helps understand their diversity and evolutionary variations.
- Researchers sequenced the genomes of 15 Russian potato cultivars and compared them to 12 South American varieties, finding differences in genetic diversity and copy number variations (CNVs).
- Notable discoveries include genes linked to immune responses, tuber development, and a potential new gene related to circadian rhythm regulation in Russian potatoes.
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- Globodera rostochiensis is a significant potato pathogen that interacts with host plant roots, with commercial varieties relying on specific resistance genes (R genes) from wild relatives and Andean native potatoes.
- Research on South American Solanum phureja accessions shows that resistant genotypes trigger an active stress response, including gene activation, tissue regeneration, and hypersensitive responses when attacked by G. rostochiensis.
- The study highlights the importance of analyzing gene expression changes in S. phureja to understand resistance mechanisms and suggests that de novo transcriptome assembly can identify new resistance traits.
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is widely used for hybrid seed production in cultivated Solanaceae species. However, there is very limited information about CMS- genetic systems in potato (). Studying the CMS-Rf systems in potato is both of theoretical and practical significance due to the emergence of a new revolutionary strategy of reinventing potato as adiploid inbred line-based crop to develop F hybrid seed potato breeding (Lindhout .
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