Genetics and Genomics of Linum

Table of Contents (DRAFT)

Preface

1. Taxonomy and Natural History of Linum

Possible Authors: Axel Diederichsen and/or Yong Bi Fu 

2. The gene pool of Linum usitatissimum and immediate progenitor  Linum bienne

Possible Authors: Axel Diederichsen and/or Yong Bi Fu

(Flax variety descriptors Possible authors: L. Maggioni and/or M. Pavelek)

Possible Authors: Scott Duguid &/or Helen Booker

4. The flax genome sequence: a core resource for flax genomics

Possible Author: Michael Deyholos<

5. The assembly of the flax genomes into chromosomes

Authors: Frank You & Sylvie Cloutier

6. Comparisons between oil-seed and fiber flax genomes

Author: C. Cullis

7. The Linum transcri

Possible author: R Datla

8. Mapping resources - molecular markers, mapping populations

Possible author: S. Cloutier

9. Flax transposable elements

Possible author(s): L. Galindo and M Deyholos

10. Flax small RNAs

Possible author(s): T.Y Moss and C. Cullis

11. Gene mutagenesis systems in the fatty acid pathway

Possible Authors: Alan Green for fatty acid mutants

12. Gene mutagenesis systems and resources for the flax - TILLING, transposons

Possible Authors: M. Deyholos

13. QTL mapping

Possible Authors: S. Cloutier

14. Flax cell walls and fiber

15. Flax transformation

Authors: N. Bastaki and C Cullis

Author: Deyholos and Cloutier

17. Flax disease resistance genes

Possible author: Jeff Ellis

18. Genomic and phenotypic responses of flax to stress

Author: C. Cullis

19. Flax secondary products

Author: Selvaraj

20. Flax cyclic peptides

Author: Datla

21. Medicinal uses of flax

Author: Datla

22. Transgenic flax and the Triffid affair

Possible author: J. Smyth

22. Fundamental insights into plant biology that might be offered by Linum

Author: C. Cullis

Index