Dr Ed Newbigin

Research Interests

• The self-incompatibility response of flowering plants.
• Cell wall biosynthesis in cereals.

Research Group

• Plant Cell Biology Research Centre

Some Recent Publications

1. Newbigin E, Uyenoyama MK 2005 The evolutionary dynamics of self-incompatibility systems. TRENDS GENET (in press).
2. Takebayashi N, Newbigin E, Uyenoyama MK 2004 Maximum-likelihood estimation of rates of recombination within mating-type regions. GENETICS 167: 2097-2109.
3. Takebayashi N, Brewer PB, Newbigin E, Uyenoyama MK 2003 Patterns of variation within self-incompatibility loci. MOLEC BIOL EVOL 20: 1778-1794.
4. Newbigin E, Vierstra RD 2003 Sex and self-denial. NATURE 423: 229-230
5. Golz JF, Oh HY, Su V, Kusaba M, Newbigin E 2001 Genetic analysis of Nicotiana pollen-part mutants is consistent with the presence of an S-ribonuclease inhibitor at the S locus. PROC NATL ACAD SCI USA 98 (26): 15372-15376.
6. Evans KM, Newbigin E, Ladiges PY 2002 An investigation of genetic variation in Banksia integrifolia (Proteaceae) by the use of the AFLP technique. AUST SYSTEM BOTANY 15: 9-17.