Plant archaeogenetics / / Gabor Gyulai, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810126603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011
• ISBN: 1-61209-002-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Collana: Botanical research and practices; Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine
• Altri autori (Persone): GyulaiGabor <1953->
• Disciplina: 561
• Soggetti: Paleobotany; Plant morphology; Plant genetics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- PLANT ARCHAEOGENETICS -- PLANT ARCHAEOGENETICS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- I. MORPHOGENETICS -- Chapter 1 MORPHOGENETICS OF Silene stenophylla SEEDS FROM PERMAFROST OF THE LATE PLEISTOCENE (32 - 28,000 BP) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 2 MORPHOGENETICS OF PLANT REMAINS FROM PALEOSOLS AND RODENT BURROWS BURIED IN PERMAFROST OF THE LATE PLEISTOCENE (32 - 28,000 BP) -- Abstract -- Permafrost Sediments -- Plant Remains in Ancient Rodent Burrows -- Seed Samples from Ancient Burrows -- Plant Remains in Cryopedolith and Paleosols -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 3 MORPHOGENETICS OF DICOTS AND LARGE- AND SMALL-GRAINED WILD GRASSES FROM THE PALEOLITHIC ERA (OLD STONE AGE) OHALO II., ISRAEL (23,000 BP) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Matrials and Methods -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 MORPHOGENETICS OF SEEDS AND PLANT REMAINS IN THE CARPATHIAN BASIN FROM THE NEOLITHIC TO THE LATE MEDIEVAL AGE (8000 BP TO 17TH CENT CE) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Conclusions -- Early Neolithic (&gt -- 6000 - 5300 bce): Körös-StarĊevo Culture -- Middle (5300-4700 bce) and Late Neolithic (4700-4300 bce): Linear Pottery Culture -- Early (4300-3500 bce) and Late ; Copper Age (3500-3000 bce) -- Early - (3,000-1,600 bce), Middle - (1600-1300 bce) and Late Bronze Age (1300-900 bce) -- Early (Hallstatt) (900-500 bce), Middle (Skythian) (700-500 bce) and Late Iron Age (La Tène) (500-100. ce) -- Roman Age (1st - 5th Cent. ce) and Barbaricum -- Early (476-568), Middle (Pre-Hungarian Avarage) (568-895) and Late (Caroling Age) Migration Period (811-895) to The Middle Ages -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 MORPHOGENETICS OF ANCIENT Vitis SEEDS (3RD AND 11TH - 15TH CENTs, HUNGARY) - A GENOTYPE RECONSTRUCTION -- Abstract.; Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Conclusion -- References -- II. ADNA EXTRACTION AND MOLECULAR PROBING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS -- Chapter 6 DNA EXTRACTION FROM SEED REMAINS OF COMMON MILLET (Panicum miliaceum) (4TH AND 15TH CENTs) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Seed Samples -- Aseptic Culture -- DNA Extraction -- PCR Amplification -- PCR Primers and SSR Analysis -- AFLP Analysis -- AFLP Fragment Recovery and Cloning -- ISSR Analysis -- mtDNA -- CAP Analsis of mtDNA -- Sequencing -- Data Analysis -- Conclusion -- Seed Samples -- Quantity and Quality of aDNAs -- AFLP Loci -- Microsatellite Loci -- ISSR Loci -- CAP-mtDNA at 5S-18S rDNA locus -- References -- Chapter 7 FLESH COLOR RECONSTRUCTION FROM aDNAS OF Citrullus SEEDS FROM THE 13TH, 15TH, AND 19TH CENTs (Hungary) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Seed Samples -- Elimination of Contaminations -- aDNA Extraction -- aDNA Amplification by PCR -- PCR Primers -- Data Analysis -- Conclusion -- Genus Citrullus -- Ancient Watermelon Seeds Excavated -- SSRs of aDNAs -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8 GENETIC AND MORPHOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF 15TH CENT MELON (Cucumis melo) FROM SEED aDNA -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Seed Samples -- Elimination of Contamination -- Comparative aDNA Analysis with Current Melon Varieties -- PCR -- ITS -- SSR -- ALF -- RAPD -- Sequencing -- Sequence Analysis -- Data Analysis -- Conclusions -- aDNA Extracted -- ITS Analysis -- ALF-SSR Analysis -- RAPD-PCR -- References -- Chapter 9 MOLECULAR DOMESTICATION AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF CUCURBIT SPECIES -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Archaeogenetical and Phylogenetic Analysis -- Genus Cucurbita -- Genus Citrullus -- Genus Cucumis -- Genus Lagenaria -- Conclusions -- References -- III. ADDITIONAL SOURCES FOR ARCHAEOGENETICS.; Chapter 10 CONSERVATION GENETICS (1710 - 2010) - CLONING OF LIVING FOSSILS: MICROPROPAGATION OF THE OLDEST HUNGARIAN BLACK LOCUST TREE (Robinia pseudoacacia) PLANTED IN 1710 (BÁBOLNA, HUNGARY) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Plant Materials -- Aseptic Bud Culture -- Molecular Analyses. DNA Extraction -- PCR Amplification -- PCR Primers -- ALF Analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 COMPARISON OF THIRTEEN METHODS FOR ADNA (1731-1841) EXTRACTIONS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussions -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 12 COMPUTER-ASSISTED SEED MORPHOMETRY - A TOOL FOR ARCHAEOGENETICS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13 PLANT ICONOGRAPHY - A SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR ARCHAEOGENETICS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Epochs -- The Paleolithic and Neolithic Record -- Mesopotamia -- Ancient Egypt -- Pre-Columbian America -- Sources -- Mosaics and Inlays -- Sculptures -- Illustrated Manuscripts -- Printed Herbals -- Paintings -- Conclusions -- References -- INDEX -- Blank Page.