Structural Variation in the Maize Genome

14 Introduction 15 Results 16 Discussion 25 Methods 30 Acknowledgements 33 References 35 Tables 43 Figures 45 CHAPTER 3. ARRAY COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION (ARRAY-CGH) BASED GENOTYPING FOR 2 LINES OF THE MAIZE INTER-MATED B73 X MO17 (IBM) MAPPING POPULATION. 53 Abstract 53 Introduction 54 Results 56 Discussion 59 Materials and methods 62 Acknowledgements 63 References 64 Tables 67 Figures 67 CHAPTER 4. CHANGES IN GENOME CONTENT GENERATED VIA SEGREGATION OF NONALLELIC HOMOLOGS. 69 Abstract 70 Introduction 70 Results 71 Discussion 74 Materials and methods 76 Acknowledgements 80 References 81 Tables 87 Figures 8870 Introduction 70 Results 71 Discussion 74 Materials and methods 76 Acknowledgements 80 References 81 Tables 87 Figures 88 CHAPTER 5. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS OF POPULATION LEVEL ANALYSES OF STRUCTURAL VARIATION IN ZEA. 93