Self-incompatibility (SI) is an important genetic mechanism to prevent the inbreeding of flowering plants and also an excellent system for studying cell-cell recognition and signal transduction. During evolution, several SI systems have been evolved. A unique SI system widely spreads in the grasses. In the grasses, two unlinked, multi-allelic loci (S and Z) determine SI specificity. A putative self-incompatibility gene (Bm2) was previously cloned. In this study, the role of Bm2 in self-incompatibility was investigated first. The cDNA homologues of Bm2 were sequenced from two pollen-only mutants. The results indicated that Bm2 is not the one of SI genes in Phalaris, but represents a subclass of thioredoxin h. Thus a map-based cloning strategy was then adopted to clone the SI genes from Phalaris. Fine linkage maps of the S and Z regions were constructed. RFLP probes from wheat, barley, oat and rye were screened and the S locus was delimited to 0.26 cM and the Z locus to 1.0 cM from one side using specially designed segregating populations. The S locus was located to the sub-centromere region of triticeae chromosome group 1 and the Z locus to the middle of the long arm of group 2. Finally, barley and rice bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones corresponding to the S and Z region were identified to analyse the chromosome structures and to seek candidate SI genes. The abundant repetitive sequences in the identified barley BAC clones limit their usefulness. Identification of Rice BAC clones orthologous to the S and Z regions open the gate to use rice genome information to clone SI genes from the grasses. A positive rice clone (139.9 kb) orthologous to the S region contained 19 predicted genes. Several of these genes might be involved in pollen tube germination and pollen-stigma interaction, which are the major parts of SI reaction. A positive clone (118.9 kb) orthologous to the Z region gave 16 predicted genes. The predicted genes on the outmost ends of these clones could be used to construct contigs to cover the S and Z regions and delimit the S and Z loci in the grasses. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Department of Plant Science, 2001.

Self-incompatibility (SI) is an important genetic mechanism to prevent the inbreeding of flowering plants and also an excellent system for studying cell-cell recognition and signal transduction. During evolution, several SI systems have been evolved. A unique SI system widely spreads in the grasses. In the grasses, two unlinked, multi-allelic loci (S and Z) determine SI specificity. A putative self-incompatibility gene (Bm2) was previously cloned. In this study, the role of Bm2 in self-incompatibility was investigated first. The cDNA homologues of Bm2 were sequenced from two pollen-only mutants. The results indicated that Bm2 is not the one of SI genes in Phalaris, but represents a subclass of thioredoxin h. Thus a map-based cloning strategy was then adopted to clone the SI genes from Phalaris. Fine linkage maps of the S and Z regions were constructed. RFLP probes from wheat, barley, oat and rye were screened and the S locus was delimited to 0.26 cM and the Z locus to 1.0 cM from one side using specially designed segregating populations. The S locus was located to the sub-centromere region of triticeae chromosome group 1 and the Z locus to the middle of the long arm of group 2. Finally, barley and rice bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones corresponding to the S and Z region were identified to analyse the chromosome structures and to seek candidate SI genes. The abundant repetitive sequences in the identified barley BAC clones limit their usefulness. Identification of Rice BAC clones orthologous to the S and Z regions open the gate to use rice genome information to clone SI genes from the grasses. A positive rice clone (139.9 kb) orthologous to the S region contained 19 predicted genes. Several of these genes might be involved in pollen tube germination and pollen-stigma interaction, which are the major parts of SI reaction. A positive clone (118.9 kb) orthologous to the Z region gave 16 predicted genes. The predicted genes on the outmost ends of these clones could be used to construct contigs to cover the S and Z regions and delimit the S and Z loci in the grasses. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Department of Plant Science, 2001.

This essay contains two stories that reflect the reality I face as an educator, as well as a reflective discussion about my self-perceived dilemma. The dilemma reflects a classroom situation where I as an educator have trouble dividing my focus, my focus is either put on entire the class or on the child with special needs. Through this self-perceived situation I have started to question how children with special needs find their place in the school today. I discuss how I can handle and look at the unique situation that occurs when meeting this child. Terms like integration, inclusion, segregation, social rights and the expression "a school for everyone" will be discussed in this text, as well as how we can connect these terms and expressions to the problems I find in the school system’s way of handling children with special needs. I also highlight my dilemma from different ethical perspective. I chose to use Kants duty ethics, Mills utilitarianism (commercial ethics) and Aristotle’s virtue ethics to bring light on my dilemma, but also to find help in my professional role as a leisure pedagogue. The main question my essay deals with is this: How can you, as an educator, have a focus on the class as a whole, but at the same time pay attention to the child with special needs?

The education in Swedish schools today should be for all children. This means that even if a pupil has reading and writing disabilities the education should be in the classroom with the rest of the pupils. The education should include every one. The aim of my study was to investigate the education with pupils that have reading and writing disabilities. I wanted to get a deeper knowledge about working methods that are used for pupils with these problems. In my study I have used qualitative research methods. I have used group interviews and observational studies. In addition to this I have also used informal interviews during the observational studies. One class teacher and one special teacher was interviewed and observed in the study. My results showed that pupils with reading and writing disabilities often were excluded from the classroom during a few lessons per week. The results also showed that the working methods that the class teacher and the special teacher use are different. The class teacher worked with the same working methods for all the children in the class while the special teacher was using the computer as a compensatory aid. For pupils with reading and writing disabilities the work with a computer as a compensatory aid is a motivating working method. The result also showed that cooperation between the class teacher and the special teacher is of great importance.

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Thus the objective of this study was to: i) to identify three depths in the soil profile, genotypes in the first segregating generation with higher root system and verify the occurrence of heterosis for the root system. character. ii) identify the phenotypic correlation and yours direct and indirect effects of aerial part characters with the highest correlation with the root distribution, to facilitate the indirect selection for this character. The evaluations were carried out in segregating genotypes (F2) of beans from the crossing in full diallel of the three accessions of the Bean Active Germplasm Bank IMEGEM / UDESC: (BAF 07, BAF 09, BAF 50 and a commercial cultivar IPR Uirapuru). The evaluation of the root system was performed by BOHM (1979) method at three depths (0-10, 10-20 and 20-30 cm) with binary counting form. The components of the aerial part were evaluated when the plants reached the point of harvest. The characters stem diameter, plant height and first pod for having the highest correlation with the root distribution may help in the indirect selection. The low coefficients of determination indicate that the breeder should not be based only on indirect selection for genotypes with higher root system. At the conditions of this work, the selection of plants aiming to increase the root distribution and yield concurrently has not viable, since plants with high production of grains tend to have smaller root distribution. The genotypes measured not present a complete list of your characters, so that indirect selection only by single characters does not guarantee good results in the selection of plants. The propitiate genotypes to the advancement of generations are: two, seven and three for up to 20 cm depth and three for the depth up to 30 cm. The crossing between the parents BAF 07 (black group) and BAF 50 (Rio Group) showed wide genetic diversity, providing a significant increase of the root system in its progenies. The selection of superior genotypes in the 20-30 cm layer is limited because the majority genotypes has a similar distribution and less pronounced. In virtue of the high efect of dominance component occurred heterosis for root distribution in early generations, this could complicate the selection in autogamous species for the character / Tendo em vista as variações climáticas que vem se intensificando, principalmente a deficiência hídrica, é de extrema importância a criação de cultivares que apresentem maior tolerância a esta deficiência. Esta tolerância é adquirida através de um sistema radicular profundo e com melhor distribuição perante a outros genótipos. A seleção de plantas com sistema radicular promissor em populações segregantes é uma das etapas primordiais no processo de obtenção do novo cultivar. Outro fator de extrema importância, é o estudo dos caracteres da parte aérea que apresentam maior correlação com o sistema radicular. Deste modo o objetivo deste trabalho foi: i) identificar em três camadas no perfil do solo, genótipos na primeira geração segregante com sistema radicular superior e verificar a ocorrência da heterose para o caráter sistema radicular. ii) identificar a correlação fenotípica e seus efeitos diretos e indiretos dos caracteres da parte aérea que apresentam maior correlação com a distribuição radicular, visando facilitar a seleção indireta para este caráter. As avaliações foram realizadas em genótipos segregante (F2) de feijão oriundos do cruzamento em dialélo completo de três acessos pertencentes ao Banco Ativo de Germoplasma de Feijão do IMEGEM/UDESC: (BAF 07, BAF 09, BAF 50 e um cultivar comercial IPR Uirapuru). A avaliação do sistema radicular foi realizada pelo método do perfil descrito por (BOHM 1979) em três camadas (0-10; 10-20 e 20-30 cm) com contagem de forma binária. Os componentes da parte aérea foram avaliados quando as plantas atingiram o ponto de colheita. Os caracteres diâmetro do caule, estatura de planta e inserção do primeiro legume por apresentarem as maiores correlações com a distribuição radicular podem auxiliar na seleção indireta. Os baixos coeficientes de determinação indicam que o melhorista não deve basear-se apenas na seleção indireta para obter genótipos com sistema radicular superior. A seleção de plantas visando aumento da distribuição radicular e produção de grãos concomitantemente não se apresenta viável, uma vez que plantas com alta produção de grãos tendem a apresentar menor distribuição radicular. Os genótipo avaliados não apresentam relação completa entre seus caracteres, de maneira que a seleção indireta apenas por caracteres isolados não garante resultados promissores na seleção. Os genótipos propícios para o avanço de gerações são: dois, sete e três para camada até 20 cm e três para a camada até 30 cm. O cruzamento entre os genitores BAF 07 (grupo preto) e BAF 50 (grupo carioca) tem ampla divergência genética, proporcionando incremento significativo do sistema radicular nas suas progênies avaliadas. A seleção de genótipos superiores na camada de 20-30 cm é limitada, pois a maioria dos genótipos apresenta distribuição similar e pouco pronunciado. Em virtude do elevado efeito do componente de dominância ocorreu heterose para a distribuição radicular em gerações iniciais, tal fato pode dificultar a seleção em espécies autógamas para o caráter

<p>This work investigates the assignment of unknown sequences to their species of origin. In particular, I examine four questions: Is existing (GenBank) data reliable for accurate species identification? Does a segregating sites algorithm make accurate species identifications and how does it compare to another Bayesian method? Does broad sampling of reference species improve the information content of reference data? And does an extended model (of the theory of segregating sites) describe the genetic variation in a set of sequences (of a species or population) better? Though we did not find unusually similar between-species sequences in GenBank, there was evidence of unusually divergent within-species sequences, suggesting that caution and a firm understanding of GenBank species should be exercised before utilizing GenBank data. To address challenging identifications resulting from an overlap between within- and between species variation, we introduced a Bayesian treeless statistical assignment method that makes use of segregating sites. Assignments with simulated and <em>Drosophila</em> (fruit fly) sequences show that this method can provide fast, high probability assignments for recently diverged species. To address reference sequences with low information content, the addition of even one broadly sampled reference sequence can increase the number of correct assignments. Finally, an extended theory of segregating sites generates more realistic probability estimates of the genetic variability of a set of sequences. Species are dynamic entities and this work will highlight ideas and methods to address dynamic genetic patterns in species.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

As frutíferas nativas do Brasil são subexploradas comercialmente, sendo que os programas de melhoramento genético são bastante incipientes, devido a muitas limitações associadas à fisiologia e biologia dessas espécies, embora apresentem potencial econômico tanto para o consumo in natura como para o processamento industrial. No Brasil, o maracujá-doce (Passiflora alata) está conquistando novos clientes e mercados, e tem atingido preços até três vezes maiores do que os do maracujá-azedo, amplamente cultivado no país. Os frutos do maracujá-doce são muito apreciados, embora apenas a seleção empírica tenha sido praticada. Evidentemente, seria muito vantajoso obter uma variedade geneticamente superior em termos de qualidade e produção de frutos. Nesse sentido, nosso grupo de pesquisa tem focado esforços visando a caracterizar geneticamente uma população segregante de maracujá-doce. Aqui, foram avaliados 30 genótipos desta população, previamente selecionados como superiores. Estes foram plantados sob três condições experimentais: Anhumas (2014/2015 e 2015/2016) e Piracicaba (2015/2016). Foi utilizado o delineamento em blocos casualizados, sendo que as análises genético-estatísticas tiveram por base a abordagem de modelos mistos para a predição dos valores genéticos (BLUPS). Foram estimados parâmetros genéticos e fenotípicos, herdabilidade, correlações genéticas e resposta esperada à seleção relativamente a peso (PF), comprimento (CF) diâmetro (DF) do fruto, espessura (EC) e peso (PC) da casca, peso (PP) e rendimento de polpa (RP), teor de sólidos solúveis totais (SST) e Produtividade. Os resultados mostraram haver altas correlações genéticas entre os principais atributos do fruto, assim como valores elevados de herdabilidade (desde 0,45 para PF a 0,94 para EC), valores que favorecem a prática de seleção. Em seguida, foi aplicado índice multiplicativo para fins de seleção e seis genótipos foram indicados como superiores, quais sejam: 49, 21, 107, 125, 140 e 122. Nossos resultados devem auxiliar outros estudos e iniciativas de seleção de genótipos mais produtivos, evidenciando a grande utilidade de ferramentas estatísticas modernas para se obter maior resposta à seleção. Em paralelo, foi estudada a resposta do maracujá-doce à infecção causada por Xanthomonas axonopodis. Dois genes, previamente identificados como superexpressos no maracujá-azedo, e que codificam as enzimas lipoxigenase-2 e (+)-neomentol desidrogenase foram aqui analisados via qPCR. No maracujá-doce observou-se maior expressão da (+)-neomentol desidrogenase, enzima associada à resposta de hipersensibilidade. Os sintomas da doença sugerem que a resposta de hipersensibilidade é particular no maracujá-doce, já que ocorre a queda precoce das folhas, evitando a disseminação sistêmica da bactéria. / Brazilian native fruit species are under-exploited commercially, and breeding programs are quite incipient due to many limitations associated with the physiology and biology of these species, although having economic potential both for in natura consumption as well as for industrial processing. In Brazil, the sweet passion fruit (Passiflora alata) is conquering new customers and markets, and has riched up to triple the sour passion fruit prices, widely grown in the country. The fruits of the sweet passion fruit are much appreciated, although only empirical selections have been practiced. Evidently, it would be very beneficial to obtain a genetically superior variety in terms of fruit quality and production. In this scenario, our research group has focused efforts to genetically characterize a segregating population of sweet passion fruit. Here, we evaluated 30 genotypes previously selected from this population by field-cultivating them under three experimental conditions: Anhumas (2014/2015 and 2015/2016) and Piracicaba (2015/2016). A randomized block design was used, and the genetic-statistical analyzes were based on a mixed-effects model approach in order to predict the genetic values (BLUPS). We estimated genetic and phenotypic parameters, as heritability, genetic correlations and expected response to selection for weight (WF), length (LF) diameter (DF) of the fruit, thickness (TS) and weight (WS) of the shell, weight (WP) and pulp yield (PY), total soluble solids (SS) and fruit yield. We found high genetic correlations between the main fruit attributes, as well as high values of heritability (from 0.45 for WF up to 0.94 for TS), values that may favor selection practices. Then, we applied a multiplicative selection index and six superior genotypes were selected, which are: 49, 21, 107, 125, 140 and 122. Our results may assist other studies and initiatives of selection of more productive genotypes, showing the great usefulness of modern statistical tools to obtain greater responses to selection. In parallel, we studied the response of sweet passion fruit to infection caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis. Two genes, previously identified as overexpressed in sour passion fruit, and that encode the enzymes lipoxygenase-2 and (+)-neomentol dehydrogenase were herein analyzed via qPCR. In the sweet passion fruit an increased expression of (+)- neomentol dehydrogenase, an enzyme associated with hypersensitivity response, was observed. The disease symptoms suggest that the response of hypersensitivity is particular in sweet passion fruit, since it provokes the premature fall of the leaves, thereby preventing the systemic bacterial dissemination.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T14:06:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_ Igor_ Valerio.pdf: 990885 bytes, checksum: 6b9bd709ded7ec022e6445c220d43a98 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05-20 / Many selection strategies have contributed for the continuous progress in wheat breeding programs. On the other hand, the main yield component (number of fertile tillers), has still been underexploited. In this sense, in order to investigate this issue, this work was planned to report the state of the art processes involved in tiller production and development. This information was crucial to the design of the next experiments on genotypes contrasting for tiller number and their response in segregating generations, when subjected to artificial crosses. The seeding density influences greatly grain yield, since it is directly related to fertile tiller production potential, and has a direct effect on number of ears per unit area. Likewise, the genotype and environment effects were important for the adjustment of seeding density and maximum yield obtained. It is essential that the best seeding rate be found for a given genotype at a given location. Genotypes with reduced tillering potential, revealed a larger buffering effect. However, only at seeding density higher than 400 seeds m-2. The genotypes with high tillering potential revealed the best grain production performance at low seeding density. However, these genotypes have a long developing cycle, with high tillering senescence rate when subjected to high seeding density. The use of genotypes contrasting for tillering ability enabled one to find in the segregating generations, wide genetic variability for tillering ability and consequently for the yield components. The selection for high or low number of tillers and the bulk selection vary their efficiency with the crop management system to which the segregating population is subjected. The best grain yield performance is achieved in the selection for low number of tillers, with high average grain weight under competition. / Diversas estratégias de seleção têm contribuído para o contínuo progresso da cultura do trigo nos programas de melhoramento. Por outro lado, o principal componente do rendimento (número de afilhos férteis), ainda revela severos questionamentos sobre o seu real aproveitamento em condições de lavoura. Neste sentido, por entender a fundamental importância deste assunto, foi buscado neste trabalho, primeiramente, relatar o estado da arte dos processos envolvidos na produção e desenvolvimento de afilhos, o que permitiu trazer, posteriormente, contribuições importantes para o desenvolvimento dos demais trabalhos em genótipos contrastantes para afilhamento e a resposta destes, em gerações segregantes, quando submetidos a cruzamentos artificiais. A densidade de semeadura revela a maior variação na produtividade da cultura, uma vez que está diretamente relacionada ao potencial do genótipo em produzir afilhos férteis, com efeito direto no número de espigas produzidas por unidade de área. Da mesma forma, o efeito do genótipo e do ambiente foram determinantes na densidade de semeadura obtida com o máximo rendimento de grãos, destacando a necessidade de implementar, para cada condição de cultivo e genótipo utilizado, uma densidade ideal. Genótipos com reduzido potencial de afilhamento revelam o maior efeito compensatório, porém, com aproveitamento somente em densidade superior a 400 sementes m-2. Os genótipos com elevado potencial de afilhamento revelam o melhor comportamento para rendimento de grãos em reduzidas densidades, porém, evidenciam um longo ciclo de desenvolvimento, com senescência elevada de afilhos quando submetidos a elevadas densidades. O uso de genótipos contrastantes para o afilhamento, possibilitou encontrar em gerações segregantes, ampla variabilidade genética para o caráter e consequentemente para os componentes do rendimento. A seleção para elevado ou reduzido número de afilhos e a seleção em bulk são dependentes do sistema de manejo em que a população segregante for submetida. O melhor desempenho em rendimento de grãos é alcançado na seleção para reduzido número de afilhos, com média elevada para massa de grãos em competição.