Session 2
Structure and function
of the rice genome

The complete rice genome sequence and its application to breeding and genetics
Takuji Sasaki
(PDF 60 KB)

Exploitation and use of naturally occurring allelic variations in rice
Masahiro Yano, Yasunori Nonoue, Tsuyu Ando, Ayahiko Shomura, Takehiko Shimizu, Izumi Kono, Saeko Konishi, Utako Yamanouchi, Tadamasa Ueda, Shin-ichi Yamamoto, and Takeshi Izawa
(PDF 87 KB)

Allelic and functional diversity of stress-tolerance genes in rice
Hei Leung, Hehe Wang, Jianli Wu, Ma. Elizabeth Naredo, Marietta Baraoidan, Alicia Bordeos, Suzette Madamba, Gay Carrillo, Jatinder Sangha, Zenna Negussie, Jill Cairns, Bin Liu, Yolanda Chen, Darshan Brar, Il Ryong Choi, Cassiana Vera Cruz, Renee Lafitte, Luca Comai, and Kenneth L. McNally
(PDF 206 KB)

Functional genomics by reverse genetics
Gynheung An
(PDF 65 KB)

Tissue culture-induced mutations and a new type of activation tagging as tools for functional analysis of rice genes
Hirohiko Hirochika
(PDF 62 KB)

Toward genome-wide transcriptional analysis in rice using MAS oligonucleotide tiling-path microarrays
Lei Li, Xiangfeng Wang, Xueyong Li, Ning Su, Viktor Stolc, Bin Han, Jiayang Li, Yongbiao Xue, Jun Wang, and Xing Wang Deng
(PDF 72 KB)

Candidate gene characterization at the Pup1 locus: a major QTL increasing tolerance of phosphorus deficiency
Matthias Wissuwa, Kristy Gatdula, and Abdelbagi Ismail
(PDF 184 KB)

Wrap-up of Session 2
(PDF 48 KB)