Plant archaeogenetics / Gabor Gyulai, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gyulai, Gábor, 1953-

Series:

Botanical research and practices.

Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine series.

Botanical research and practices

Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleobotany.

Plant morphology.

Plant genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents the scientific information available in the study of plant archaeogenetics. This title provides an examination of plant archaeogenetics in order of the ages from ca. 30,000 years BP to the Middle ages.

Contents:

Intro

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)

Permafrost Sediments

Plant Remains in Ancient Rodent Burrows

Seed Samples from Ancient Burrows

Plant Remains in Cryopedolith and Paleosols

Conclusions

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)

Matrials and Methods

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)

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

Chapter 5 MORPHOGENETICS OF ANCIENT Vitis SEEDS (3RD AND 11TH - 15TH CENTs, HUNGARY) - A GENOTYPE RECONSTRUCTION

Abstract.

Introduction

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)

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

Quantity and Quality of aDNAs

AFLP Loci

Microsatellite Loci

ISSR Loci

CAP-mtDNA at 5S-18S rDNA locus

Chapter 7 FLESH COLOR RECONSTRUCTION FROM aDNAS OF Citrullus SEEDS FROM THE 13TH, 15TH, AND 19TH CENTs (Hungary)

Elimination of Contaminations

aDNA Extraction

aDNA Amplification by PCR

PCR Primers

Genus Citrullus

Ancient Watermelon Seeds Excavated

SSRs of aDNAs

Chapter 8 GENETIC AND MORPHOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF 15TH CENT MELON (Cucumis melo) FROM SEED aDNA

Elimination of Contamination

Comparative aDNA Analysis with Current Melon Varieties

PCR

ITS

SSR

ALF

RAPD

Sequence Analysis

aDNA Extracted

ITS Analysis

ALF-SSR Analysis

RAPD-PCR

Chapter 9 MOLECULAR DOMESTICATION AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF CUCURBIT SPECIES

Archaeogenetical and Phylogenetic Analysis

Genus Cucurbita

Genus Cucumis

Genus Lagenaria

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)

Plant Materials

Aseptic Bud Culture

Molecular Analyses. DNA Extraction

ALF Analysis

Chapter 11 COMPARISON OF THIRTEEN METHODS FOR ADNA (1731-1841) EXTRACTIONS

Results and Discussions

Chapter 12 COMPUTER-ASSISTED SEED MORPHOMETRY - A TOOL FOR ARCHAEOGENETICS

Results and Discussion

Chapter 13 PLANT ICONOGRAPHY - A SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR ARCHAEOGENETICS

Epochs

The Paleolithic and Neolithic Record

Mesopotamia

Ancient Egypt

Pre-Columbian America

Sources

Mosaics and Inlays

Sculptures

Illustrated Manuscripts

Printed Herbals

Paintings

INDEX

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61209-002-8

OCLC:

830021350