Dynamics of nuclear DNA changes in developing seeds of barley

Topics and aims:

• Cereals are key source of food
• Our hypothesis is, that rapid growth of the seed is made possible by modification of the cell cycle leading to an increase in nuclear DNA content
• We want to investigate changes in nuclear DNA content in developing barley grains of wild type barley from different parts of Israel

Job description:

• Morfological and physiological analysis of seeds
• Analysis of nuclear DNA content in whole seeds, embryos and endosperms

Supervisors:

Mgr. habil. Aleš Pečinka, Ph.D.
Mgr. Anna Nowicka, Ph.D.