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Publications 2007
BADENHORST D, ROODT-WILDING R
(2007) Application of various DNA extraction methodologies on abalone,
Haliotis midae
, larvae and juveniles for fluorescent AFLP analysis.
Aquaculture Research
38:546-549
D'AMATO ME, ESTERHUYSE MM, VAN DER WAAL BCW, BRINK D, VOLKAERT FAM
(2007) Hybridization and phylogeography of the Mozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
in southern Africa evidenced by mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA genotyping.
Conservation Genetics
8:475-488
DU TOIT LJ, BURGER JT, MCLEOD A, ENGELBRECHT M, VILJOEN A
(2007) Iris yellow spot virus in onion seed crops in South Africa.
Plant Disease
91:1203
GEISSBUEHLER V, MOSER R, ZIMMERMANN K, HILLERMANN-REBELLO R, CZARNIECKI J, GEBHARDT GS, EBERHARD J
(2007) Altered plasma neurokinin B levels in patients with pre-eclampsia.
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
276:151-1157
GOMNA A, RANA K
(2007) Inter-household and intra-household patterns of fish and meat consumption in fishing communities in two states of Nigeria.
British Journal of Nutrition
97:145-152
HITZEROTH A, NIEHAUS DJH, KOEN L, BOTES WC, DELEUZE JF, WARNICH L
(2007) Association between the MnSOD Ala-9Val polymorphism and development of schizophrenia and abnormal involuntary movements in the Xhosa population.
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry
31:664-672
MOORE SW, APPFELSTAEDT J, ZAAHL MG
(2007) Familial medullary carcinoma prevention, risk evaluation, and RET in children of families with MEN2.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
42:326-332
MOORE SW, ZAAHL MG
(2007) Association of endothelin-β receptor (EDNRB) gene variants in anorectal malformations.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
42:1266-1270
PORTER DR, BAKER CA, CARVER BF, MARAIS GF
(2007) Registration of STARS 0601W Wheat Germplasm.
Journal of Plant Registrations
1:170-171
PRETORIUS ZA, PAKENDORFF K, MARAIS GF, PRINS R, KOMEN JS
(2007) Challenges for sustainable cereal rust control in South Africa.
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
58:593-601
ROODT-WILDING R
(2007) Abalone ranching: a review on genetic considerations.
Aquaculture Research
38:1229-1241
VENTER M, GROENEWALD J, BOTHA FC
(2007) Sequence analysis and transcriptional profiling of two vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase isoforms in
Vitis vinifera
.
Journal of Plant Research
119:469-478
Publications 2006
DE VILLIERS JNP, TREURNICHT FK, WARNICH L, CARR J, VAN RENSBURG SJ, KOTZE MJ
(2006) Analysis of viral and genetic factors in South African patients with multiple sclerosis. Metabolic Brain Disease 21:163-169
GROENEWALD JZ, FOURIE M, MARAIS AS, MARAIS GF
(2006) Extention and use of a physical map of the Thinopyrum-derived Lr19 translocation. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 112:131-138
GUPTA AK, GEBHARDT GS, HILLERMANN-REBELLO R, HOLZGREVE W, HAHN S
(2006) Analysis of the plasma elastase levels in early and late onset preeclampsia. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 273:239-242
HEYNS IC, GROENEWALD JZ, MARAIS GF, DU TOIT F, TOLMAY V
(2006) Chromosomal location of the Russian wheat aphid resistance gene, Dn5. Crop Science 46:630-636
KOTZE MJ, DE VILLIERS JNP, WARNICH L, SCHMIDT S, CARR J, MANSVELT E, FOURIE E, VAN RENSBURG SJ
(2006) Lack of clinical manifestation of hereditary haemochromatosis in South African patients with multiple sclerosis. Metabolic Brain Disease 21:109-120
LÖTZE E, HUYBRECHTS C, SADIE A, THERON KI, VALCKE RM
(2006) Fluorescene imaging as destructive method for pre-harvest detection of bitter pit in apple fruit. Postharvst Biology and Technology 40:287-294
LÖTZE E, SADIE A, THERON KI
(2006) Determining the probability of bitter pit in 'Golden Delicious' apples through the post-harvest mineral content of individual fruit. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 81:276-280
MARAIS GF, MCCALLUM B, MARAIS AS
(2006) Leaf rust and stripe rust resistance genes derived from Aegilops sharonensis. Euphytica 149:373-380
ROODT-WILDING R, BESTER AE
(2006) The Forensic Fight against Perlemoen Poaching. Fisheries News 31(5):214-215
ROODT-WILDING R, SLABBERT R
(2006) Molecular markers to assist the South African abalone industry. South African Journal of Science 102:99-102
ROODT-WILDING R, SPIES JJ
(2006) Phylogenetic relationships in Southern Africa chlordoid grasses (Poaceae) based on nuclear and chloroplast sequence data. Systematics and Biodiversity 4:401-415
SLABBERT R, ROODT-WILDING R
(2006) Non-destructive sampling of juvenile abalone using epipodial tentacles and mucus: method and application. African Journal of Marine Science 28:719-721
TIMM AE, GEERTSEMA H, WARNICH L
(2006) Analysis of population genetic structure of two closely related tortricid species of economic importance on macadamias and litchis in South Africa. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 8:113-119
TIMM AE, GEERTSEMA H, WARNICH L
(2006) Gene Flow Among Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Geographic and Host Populations in South Africa. Journal of Economic Entomology 99 (2):341-348
ZAAHL MG, WINTER TA, WARNICH L, KOTZE MJ
(2006) The-237C-T promoter polymorphism SLC11A1 gene associated with a protective effect in relation to inflammatory bowel disease in the South African population. International Journal of Colorectal Disease 21:402-408
ZHONG XY, HOLZGREVE W, GEBHARDT GS, HILLERMANN-REBELLO R, CARELSE-TOFA K, GUPTA AK, HUPPERTZ BH, HAHN S
(2006) Minimal Alteration in the Ratio of Circulatory Fetal DNA to Fetal Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone mRNA Level in Preeclamsia. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 21:246-249
Publications 2005
DE VILLIIERS JNP, KOTZE MJ, VANHEERDEN CJ, SADIE A, GARDNER HFJ, LIEBENBERG J, VAN ZYL R, DU PLESSIS L, KIMBERG M, FRANK J, WARNICH L (2005)
Overrepresentation of the founder PPOX gene mutation R59W in a South African patient with severe clinical manifestation of porphyria.
Experimental Dermatology
14:50-55
GUPTA AK , GEBRHARD GS, HILLERMANN-REBELLO R, HOLZGREVE W, HAHN S (2005)
Analysis of plasma elastase levels in early and late onset preeclampsia.
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
15:1-4
MARAIS GF, MCCALLUM B, SNYMAN JE, PRETORIUS ZA, MARAIS AS (2005)
Leaf rust and stripe rust resistance genes Lr54 and Yr37 transferred to wheat from
Aegilops kotschyi
.
Plant Breeding
143:115-123
HILLERMANN R, CARELSE K, GEBHARDT GS (2005)
The Glu298Asp variant of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene increases the risk of abruptio placentae in pre-eclampsia.
Journal of Human Genetics
81:415-419
MARAIS GF, PRETORIUS ZA, WELLINGS CR, MCCULLUM B, MARAIS AS (2005)
Leaf rust and stripe rust resistance transferred to common wheat from
Triticum dicoccoides
.
Euphytica
124:538-541
PRINS R, RAMBURAN VP, PRETORIUS ZA, BOYD LA, BOSHOFF WHP, SMITH PH, LOUW JH (2005)
Development of a doubled haploid mapping population and linkage map for the bread wheat cross Kariega X Avocet S.
South African Journal of Plant Soil
22:1-8
TIMM AE, PRINGLE KL, WARNICH L (2005)
Genetic diversity of woolly apple aphid
Eriosoma lanigerum
(Hemiptera: Aphididae) populations in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Bulletin of Entomology Research
95:187-191
ZAAHL MG, WARNICH L, VICTOR TC, KOTZE MJ (2005)
Asociation of functional polymorphisms of SLC11A1 with risk of esophageal cancer in the South African Colored population.
Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
159:48-52
ZAAHL MG, WINTER T, WARNICH L, KOTZE MJ (2005)
Analysis of the three common mutations in the CARD15 gene (R702W, G908R and 1007fs) in South African Colored patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Molecular and Cellular Probes
19:278-81
ZAAHL MG, WINTER T, WARNICH L, KOTZE MJ (2005)
The -237C T promoter polymorphism of the SLC11A1 gene is associated with a protective effect in relation to inflammatory bowel disease in the South African population.
International Journal of Colorectal Disease
384:1-7
ZHONG XY, GEBHARDT S, HILLERMANN R, CARELSE TOFA K, HOLZGREVE W, HAHN S (2005)
Circulatory nucleosome levels are significantly increased in early and late-onset pre-eclampsia.
Prenatal Diagnosis
25:700-703
ZHONG XY, GEBHARDT S, HILLERMANN R, CARELSE TOFA K, GUPTA AK, HOLZGREVE W, HAHN S (2005)
Parallel assessment of circulatory fetal DNA and fetal corticotropin releasing hormone mRNA levels in pre-eclamptic and normotensive pregnancies.
Clinical Chemistry
51:1730-1733
Publications 2004
BESTER AE, SLABBERT R, D'AMATO ME
(2004) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the South African abalone (
Haliotis midae
).
Molecular Ecology
4:618-619
ENGELBRECHT J, GEBHARDT GS, HILLERMANN-REBELLO R, HALL DR
(2004) Collection of fetal cells in cervical secretions without ultrasound guidance.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
24:662-663
GEBHARDT GS, PETERS WHM, HILLERMANN-REBELLO R, ODENDAAL HJ, CARELSE-TOFA K, RAIJMAKERS MTM, STEEGERS EAP
(2004) Maternal and fetal single nucleotide polymorphisms in the epoxide hydrolase and gluthatione S-transferase P1 genes are not associated with pre-eclampsia in the Coloured population of the Western Cape , South Africa.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
24:866-872
HOAL EG, LEWIS L-A, JAMIESON SE, TANZER F, ROSSOUW M, VICTOR TC, HILLERMANN-REBELLO R, BEYERS N, BLACKWELL JM, VAN HELDEN PD
(2004) NRAMP1 (SLC11A1) but not NRAMP2 (SLC11A2) polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to turberculosis in a high incidence community in South Africa.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
8:1464-1471
JACOBS JA, HANEKOM L, MARAIS AS, MARAIS GF
(2004) Development of SCAR markers for a
Thinopyrum distichum
chromosome that appears to be involved in salt tolerance.
South African Journal of Plant and Soil/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Plant en Grond
21:236-239
KOTZE MJ, DE VILLIERS JNP, BOUWENS CSH, WARNICH L, ZAAHL MG, VAN DER MERWE S, OBERKANINS C (
2004) Molecular diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis: application of a newly-developed reverse-hybridization assay in the South African population.
Clinical Genetics
65:317-321
O'KENNEDY MM, BURGER JT, BOTHA FC
(2004) Pearl millet transformation system using the positive selectable marker gene phosphomannose isomerase.
Plant Cell Report
22:684-690
RAMBURAN VP , PRETORIUS ZA , LOUW JH , BOYD LA , SMITH PH , BOSHOFF WH , PRINS R
(2004) A genetic analysis of adult plant resistance to stripe rust in the wheat cultivar Kariega.
Theoretical and Applied Genetics
108:1426-1433
ROBSON KJH, MERRYWEATHER-CLARKE AT, CADET E, VIPRAKASIT V, ZAAHL MG, POINTON JJ, WEATHERALL DJ, ROCHETTE J
(2004) Recent advances in understanding hemochromatosis: a transition state.
Journal of Medical Genetics
41:721-730
SNYMAN JE, PRETORIUS ZA, KLOPPERS FJ, MARAIS GF
(2004) Detection of adult-plant resistance to
Puccinia triticina
in a collection of wild Triticum spesies.
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
51:591-597
ZAAHL MG, MERRYWEATHER-CLARKE AT, KOTZE MJ, VAN DER MERWE S, WARNICH L, ROBSON KJH
(2004) Analysis of genes implicated in iron regulation in individuals presenting with primary iron oveload.
Human Genetics
115:409-417
ZAAHL MG, ROBSON KJH, WARNICH L, KOTZE MJ
(2004) Expression of the SLC11A1 (NRAMP1) 5' -(GT) n repeat: Opposite effect in the presence of -237C/T.
Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases
33:45-50
Publications 2003
CRONJE PJR, JACOBS G, SADIE A, COOK NC
(2003) Quantification of the dormancy progression in terminal apple buds. Changes in growth rate and water status.
Advances in Horticulture Science
17:105-110
GROENEWALD JZ, MARAIS GF, MARAIS AS
(2003) An AFLP-derived microsatellite sequence linked to the Pch1 and Ep-D1 loci in common wheat.
Plant Breeding
122:83-85
HOOGENDIJK CF, SCHOLTZ CL, PIMSTONE SM, EHRENBORG E, KASTELEIN JJP, DEFESCHE JC, THIART R, DU PLESSIS L, DE VILLIERS JNP, ZAAHL MG, DELPORT R, RUBINSZTEIN DC, RAFFEL LJ, GRIM CE, MEDIENE-BENCHEKOR S, AMOUYEL P, BROUSSEA T, STEYN K, LOMBARD CJ, HAYDEN MR, KOTZE MJ
(2003) Allelic variation in the promoter region of the LDL receptor gene: analysis of an African-specific variant in the FP2 cis -acting regulatory element.
Molecular and Cellular Probes
17:175-181
JOUBERT E, WIUM GL, SADIE A
(2003) Discoloration of sun-dried and processed Elberta peaches during storage.
Journal of Food Processing and Preservation
27:351-364
LESIA MGA, HOFMEYER MD, D'AMATO ME
(2003) Genetic variation of three
Chersina angulata
(angulate tortoise) populations along the west coast of South Africa.
African Zoology
38:109-117
MARAIS GF, PRETORIUS ZA, MARAIS AS, WELLINGS CR
(2003) Transfer of rust resistance genes from Triticum species to common wheat.
South African Journal of Plant and Soil
20:193-198
MARAIS GF, MARAIS AS
(2003) Homoeology relationships of
Thinopyrum distichum
chromosomes and identification of those chromosomes primarily responsible for its salt tolerance.
South African Journal of Plant and Soil
20:103-110
ZAAHLl MG, DU PLESSIS L, WARNICH L, KOTZE MJ, MOORE SW
(2003) Significance of novel endothelin-B receptor gene polymorphisms in Hirschsprung's disease: predominance of a novel variant (561C/T) in patients with co-existing Down's syndrome.
Molecular and Cellular Probes
17:49-54
Publications 2002
DU PLOOY P, SADIE A, JACOBS G, COOK NC
(2002) Branching habit of two-year-old pear branches classified on the basis of length of year-old laterals.
Scientia Horticulturae.
95:193-201
HILLERMANN R, GEBHARDT GS, ISAACS R, STEYN DW, ODENDAAL HJ
(2002) Mutations in Prothrombin and Factor V genes do not contribute significantly to placental vasculopathy in a high-risk patient cohort of South Africa.
South African Medical Journal
92:526-527
ROSSI E, CHIN CYB, BEILBY JP, WASO HFJ, WARNICH L
(2002) Variegate porphyria in western Australian Aboriginal patients.
International Medical Journal
32:445-450
SCHOLTZ CL, ODENDAAL HJ, THIART R, LOUBSER L, HILLERMANN R, DELPORT R, VERMAAK WJH, KOTZE MJ
(2002) Analysis of two mutations in the MTHFR gene associated with mild hyperhomocysteinaemia - heterogenous distribution in the South African population.
South African Medical Journal
92:464-467
WARNICH L, KIMBERG M, KOTZE MJ, OHASHI T, TAKETANI S, LOUW JH
(2002) Haplotype analysis excludes the functional protoporphyrinogen oxidase promoter polymorphism -1081G>A as a modifying factor in the clinical expression of variegate porphyria.
Cellular and Molecular Biology
48:57-59
WESTERINK N, ROTH R, VAN DEN BERGH HA, DE WIT PJGM, JOOSTEN MHJA
(2002) The AVR4 elicitor protein of
Cladosporium fulvum
binds to a fungal component(s) with high affinity.
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
15:1219-1227
ZAAHL MG , PEETERS AV, WARNICH L, KOTZE MJ, ROBSON KJH
(2002) Transcriptional activity of variants of the Z-DNA forming NRAMP1 promoter repeat polymorphism.
American Journal of Human Genetics
Suppl to vol 71:abstract 924, 330
ZAAHL MG , PEETERS AV, WARNICH L, KOTZE MJ, ROBSON KJH
(2002) Transcriptional activity of variants of the Z-DNA forming NRAMP1 promoter repeat polymorphism. J
ournal of Medical Genetics Suppl 1: abstract 3.50, S74
Publications 2001
DENMAN S, SADIE A
(2001) Evaluation of a stem inoculation technique for assessing resistance to
Phytophthora cinnamomi
in
Leucospermum
cultivars.
Australian Plant Pathology
30:11-16
DENMAN S, SADIE A
(2001) Evaluation of a stem inoculation technique for assessing resistance to
Phytophthora cinnamomi
in
Leucospermum
cultivars.
Acta Horticulturae
545:281-285
JOUBERT E, WIUM GL, SADIE A
(2001) Effect of temperature and fruit-moisture content on discolouration of dried, sulphured Bon Chretien pears during storage.
International Journal of Food Science and Technology
36:99-105
JULIES MG, MOORE SW, KOTZE MJ, DU PLESSIS L
(2001) Novel
RET
mutations in Hirschsprung's disease patients from the diverse South African population.
European Journal of Human Genetics
9:419-423
LEHMENSIEK A, ESTERHUIZEN AM, VAN STADEN D, NELSON SW, RETIEF AE
(2001) Genetic mapping of gray leaf spot (GLS) resistance genes in maize.
Theoretical Applied Genetics
103:797-803
MARAIS GF
(2001) An evaluation of three Sr27-carrying wheat X rye translocations.
South African Journal of Plant and Soil
18:135-138
MARAIS GF, BOTES WC, LOUW JH
(2001) Wheat breeding based on recurrent mass selection.
Cereal Research Communications
29:339-342
MARAIS GF, MARAIS AS, GROENEWALD JZ
(2001) Evaluation and reduction of Lr19-149, a recombined form of the Lr19 translocation of wheat.
Euphytica
121:289-295
MCLEOD A, DENMAN S, SADIE A, DENNER FDN
(2001) Characterisation of South African isolates of
Phytophthora infestans
.
Plant Disease
85:287-291
O'KENNEDY MM, BURGER JT, BERGER DK
(2001) Development of transgenic elite white maize using the particle inflow gun - detailed analysis of low copy number integration.
Plant Cell Reports
20:721-730
PRINS R, GROENEWALD JZ, MARAIS GF, SNAPE JW, KOEBNER RMD
(2001) AFLP and STS tagging of Lr19, a gene conferring resistance to leaf rust in wheat.
Theoretical Applied Genetics
103:618-624
VILJOEN DL, MULLER M, DE SWARDT JB, SADIE A, VOSLOO MC
(2001) Computerized electronic temperature control system for thermal efficiency during baking in food research.
International Journal of Consumer Studies
25: 30-42
WARNICH L, WASO HFJ, GROENEWALD IM, BESTER AE, DE VILLIERS JNP, KOTZE MJ, LYNCH AG, LOUW JH
(2001) Single nucleotide polymorphisms of the protoporhyrinogen oxidase gene: inter-population heterogeneity of allelic variation.
Molecular and Cellular Probes
15:217-221
Publications 2000
MARAIS GF, BOTES WC, LOUW JH
(2000) Recurrent selection using male sterility and hydroponic tiller culture in pedigree breeding of wheat.
Plant Breeding
119:440-442
MCGREGOR CE, GREYLING MM, WARNICH L
(2000) The use of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) to identify commercially important potato (
Solanum tuberosum
L.) cultivars in South Africa.
South African Journal of Plant and Soil
17:177-179
MCGREGOR CE, LAMBERT CA, GREYLING MM, LOUW JH, WARNICH L
(2000) A comparative assessment of DNA fingerprinting techniques (RAPD, ISSR, AFLP and SSR) in tetraploid potato (
Solanum tuberosum
L.) germplasm.
Euphytica
113:135-144
Publications 1999
PEETERS AV, THIART R, DE VILLIERS JNP, JENSEN HK, VAN GAAL LF, KOTZE MJ
(1999) Intronic mutations at splice junctions in the low-density lipoprotein receptor gene.
Molecular and Cellular Probes
13:257-260
PRINS R, MARAIS GF
(1999) A genetic study of the gametocidal effect of the Lr19 translocation of common wheat.
South African Journal of Plant and Soil
16:10-14
SCHOLTZ CL, PEETERS AV, HOOGENDIJK CF, THIART R, DE VILLIERS JNP, HILLERMANN R, LIU J, MARAIS AD, KOTZE JM
(1999) Mutation -59c? t in repeat 2 of the LDL receptor promoter: reduction in transcriptional activity and possible allelic interaction in a South African family with familial hypercholesterolemia.
Human Molecular Genetics
8:2025-2030
VILJOEN DL, MULLER M, DE SWARDT JB, SADIE A, VOSLOO MC
(1999) The development and testing of a computerised temperature control system in conventional electric ovens.
Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences
27: 55-70