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Chromosomal location of seed storage protein genes in the genome of Dasypyrum villosum (L.) Candargy
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Expression pattern of photosynthesis-related genes in a durum wheat “stay-green” mutant.
No full textGoing Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Molecular analysis of a durum wheat 'stay green' mutant: expression pattern of photosynthesis-related genes
No full textElucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying the ‘stay green’ trait is not only relevant to understanding the senescence phenomenon itself,
but also has potential significance for yield improvement. A mutant of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) cultivar Trinakria (designated 504)
was characterised by delayed leaf senescence, and analysis of photosynthetic parameters showed that it was functionally ‘stay green’. An in vitro
system was established to mimic senescence by incubating wheat leaves in the dark, allowing the expression of genes known to be differentially
regulated during senescence to be determined. Moreover, cDNAs found to be differentially expressed in the mutant were cloned and sequenced,
showing homologies with photosynthesis-related genes.
Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) analyses were performed using RNA samples from 504 mutant and parental
Trinakria plants, during both natural and artificially induced senescence, confirming the altered expression profiles of these genes in the ‘stay
green’ mutant 504.
The exploitation of such ‘stay green’ phenotype in breeding of durum and bread wheats has the potential to increase yields by extending the
period of active photosynthesis during grain filling, especially under unfavourable environmental conditions
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